DJ AUDIO SETUP GUIDE

This guide will help you sound your best when streaming live to Ore Stone Radio.

Ore Stone Radio already applies professional-grade audio processing to your stream. So please read this carefully so your signal blends perfectly and doesn’t get overprocessed.

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🔧 WHAT THE STATION ALREADY DOES
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All audio coming in to the station is processed by a mastering chain that includes:

✅ DC offset removal & rumble filter
✅ Noise gate
✅ Transient shaping (adds punch)
✅ Harmonic saturation (tube + valve)
✅ EQ shaping (DJ-style tone curve)
✅ Compression + multiband compression
✅ Bass tightening and stereo widening
✅ Exciter (adds air & sparkle)
✅ Final mastering & loudness control

This makes everything sound loud, warm, punchy, and clean — like FM radio.

So what you need to do is to send a signal that’s clean, clear, and not already slammed or distorted.

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🎤 RECOMMENDED MIC PROCESSING
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If you’re using a mic, we strongly recommend you use OBS or a DAW with the following:

✅ Noise suppression (RNNoise, NVIDIA, or ReaFir)
✅ Noise gate (set carefully for your room)
✅ EQ (to reduce boom or nasal tones)
✅ Compressor (gentle, 2:1–4:1 ratio, fast release)
✅ Limiter (ceiling: -3 dB or lower)
✅ De-esser (optional, but helpful if you’re sibilant)

DO NOT:

❌ Add stereo widening to your mic
❌ Apply heavy saturation, distortion, or “radio FX”
❌ Clip your mic (always leave headroom)

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🎵 RECOMMENDED MUSIC PROCESSING
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If you’re DJing live via OBS (e.g. from Rekordbox, Serato, etc), here’s the best setup:

✅ Add +3 to +6 dB gain early in your chain
✅ Use a mastering compressor (like Kotelnikov)
✅ Optional: use EQ to fine-tune tone (no harsh boosts)
✅ Use a limiter at the end (set ceiling to -5 dB)
✅ Optional: Stereo widening (A1StereoControl at 110% max)

DO NOT:

❌ Use more than one compressor
❌ Widen stereo image past 110%
❌ Boost high frequencies aggressively
❌ Clip the final output — peak at -6 to -3 dB

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🎧 MONITORING
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Use the Audio Monitor plugin in OBS to hear your mic or stream before it hits the station.

✅ Always check your levels visually in OBS — green = good
✅ Avoid red / peak meter spikes
✅ If using meters or loudness meters (LUFS), aim for:
– Short-term LUFS around -14 to -10
– Peaks around -3 dBFS

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📡 FINAL TIPS
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✅ Soundcheck your setup before going live
✅ Leave the station’s DSP room to breathe
✅ Less is more — clean, dynamic audio sounds better than crushed mixes
✅ Ask if you want help building your mic or music filter chain!

Need help? Reach out and we’ll walk you through the setup.