Note that if you're outputting digital MPX (newer transmitters often support that), it really doesn't matter which sound card you use, because there's no quality difference between digital signals. We have a list of cards that we know work well, but this list is certainly incomplete. Of course, we cannot test every sound card out there. Our favorite preset is 'Dutch Chocolate Moose', but we are in the Netherlands and this preset was tailored for the Dutch market so that makes sense. Since people usually keep asking us which preset they should try out: The best ones are in the top section of the presets list. Most of the presets in Stereo Tool are suitable and will give consistent results for a wide range of music, and the best advise that we can give you is to try out a number of presets until you find one that you like, and slightly tweak it if needed (Quick Adjust is intended for high level tweaking without a lot of knowledge of what goes on under the hood).

If you drive to a different country or state, stations will often sound completely different - and usually all of them will sound quite similar, at least if you compare them against the sound of stations in a different state or country.

But, and this is especially the case for FM stations, the 'sound of the market' is usually far more important than the format of a station, except for some very specific formats such as classical or talk. Often people ask for a preset for their specific format. This question comes up a lot, but it's really impossible to answer.

Automation software for fm radio