Create a cleaner and more consistent on-air sound
Learn how to open the built-in TeoCast Audio Processor, compare Active and Bypass modes, select a suitable preset and make careful adjustments without introducing distortion or excessive loudness.
Understand the Audio Processor
The Audio Processor works on TeoCast’s shared Program Mix. Main Output and streams using Software Output receive the same processed mix, including music, voice tracks, station IDs and other on-air content.
Level consistency
Helps reduce large differences between quiet and loud audio sources.
Dynamic control
Uses gain control, compression and limiting to manage the output more smoothly.
Sound shaping
Available tuning controls can be used to refine the overall character of the station sound.
Output protection
Limiting helps reduce excessive peaks before audio reaches the final output.
Before enabling processing
Check the main playback and monitoring setup before adjusting the processor.
- Confirm that the correct main output device is selected
- Use several representative songs and station elements for testing
- Start with reasonable playback and output levels
- Keep the streaming encoder disconnected during major tuning changes
- Use good headphones or studio monitors when comparing settings
- Note your working settings before tuning; SAVE updates the selected preset
Open the Audio Processor
The processor can be opened from the TeoCast main interface.
Start normal music playback
Load a known track so you can hear and observe the effect of the processor.
Open Audio Processor
Use the Audio Processor control in the main TeoCast window.
Wait for the panel to finish loading
Allow the processor controls and meters to appear before changing any setting.
Check the current mode
Confirm whether the processor is Active or in Bypass before beginning the comparison.
Compare Active and Bypass modes
Use the mode control to compare processed audio with the original unprocessed signal.
The selected processor settings are applied to the audio path.
Processing is temporarily bypassed for a live comparison. BYPASS does not overwrite the selected preset or its saved settings.
Listen in Bypass
Note the original volume, dynamics and tonal balance.
Switch to Active
Listen for improved consistency without harshness, pumping or obvious distortion.
Match the comparison level
Do not judge only by loudness. A slightly louder signal can appear better even when the processing is not well balanced.
Repeat with different content
Test music, voice, commercials and station IDs before accepting the final setup.
Understand the main processing sections
Use the sound-style buttons and Intensity control for broad changes, then open Advanced Settings for detailed tuning. Demo Mode locks these controls and allows ACTIVE / BYPASS comparison only.
Automatic Gain Control
Helps bring quiet and loud source material toward a more consistent operating level.
Compression
Reduces excessive dynamic range and helps keep important audio elements more controlled.
Limiter
Controls final peaks and helps prevent the processed output from exceeding the intended ceiling.
Output level
Sets the final processor output. It should provide healthy level without constant peak overload.
Tonal controls
Where available, these controls can refine low, mid and high frequency balance.
Meters
Use the visible level and activity meters to observe input, processing and final output behavior.
Start with a processor preset
The preset list contains Clean Radio, Warm FM, Loud FM, Voice / Talk, Streaming Safe, External Processor and Off. Start with a preset, listen to several audio types, then make small adjustments.
Select a suitable preset
Choose Clean Radio, Warm FM, Loud FM, Voice / Talk or Streaming Safe to try different processing styles. External Processor keeps a protective limiter while disabling gain control and compression; Off disables processing.
Test several audio types
Listen to quiet music, loud music, voice tracks and station elements.
Compare with Bypass
Confirm that the preset improves consistency without destroying natural dynamics.
Save or reset the selected preset
SAVE updates the selected preset with your current settings; it does not create a separately named preset. RESET removes that saved override and restores the selected factory preset.
Fine-tune safely
Make small changes and test each adjustment across more than one audio source. Processing cannot repair audio that is already damaged or clipped.
- Change only one or two controls at a time
- Use small adjustments instead of extreme values
- Watch the output meter for frequent peak overload
- Listen for pumping, breathing, harshness and loss of detail
- Check speech clarity as well as music loudness
- Test the final setup through the actual stream before launch
Common Audio Processor problems
Use these checks when the processed sound is not behaving as expected.
No audible difference
Confirm that the processor is Active and the selected preset is not Off. For a stream comparison, select Software Output as the encoder’s audio source.
Output sounds distorted
Reduce input or output gain and use less aggressive compression or limiting.
Music pumps or breathes
Reduce the amount of gain control or compression and test with several songs.
Voice is unclear
Review tonal balance and avoid settings that make music loud at the expense of speech clarity.
Output is too quiet
Check the main playback level, processor output level and final software output meter.
Settings are unavailable
Demo Mode locks preset selection, sound styles, Intensity, SAVE, RESET and Advanced Settings. Target Main and Target Stream are fixed on; Target Record is reserved and unavailable.
Continue with Streaming Encoders
Configure MP3 streams for Icecast or SHOUTcast, or Opus for Icecast, then connect and monitor each encoder row.