Omnia Audio Omnia.ONE - Manual (Page 44)

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2. Back off on the influence of the Limiter stages:
• Reduce the amount of Drive.
• Lower the Release settings in each band to slow down recovery.
• Raise the threshold of the Hold function.
3. Ease up on the Wideband-AGC sections:
• Reduce the Drive to the Wideband-AGC.
• Lower the Release setting to cause it to operate slower.
Backing off the limiting sections first will allow the processing to still retain a level of loudness while restoring
punch and quality. Start with reducing the Final Limiter amount in 0.5 dB steps. It’s surprising how much detail can
be restored from such a small change. Generally, a change in the Final Limiter drive will have the most noticeable
effect on quality, but it will also affect the relative loudness level, too. You’ll need to find a “happy medium” that’s
right for your application.
Equalization (EQ) Changes
Tailoring the shape of the overall audio spectrum can be done in four different ways:
 Adjusting the Drive to the individual bands from within the XOver menu, which sets the input
levels to the multi-band AGC sections.
 Changing the relative amount of Drive to the individual multi-band limiters.
 Adjusting one or more bands to have faster release times than the others.
 Adjusting the settings within the Mixer.
All four options will provide a noticeable change in EQ and each will have a different character. We suggest you use
the first two listed options before trying others. In each case the EQ change you make is followed by a dynamically
controlled stage, so the subsequent AGC or Limiter will counter any excessive EQ adjustments.
The last option, adjusting the Mixer, is designed to provide a final minor trim to the audio spectrum. Since this stage
is after all of the dynamic multi-band AGC and Peak Limiting, a radical change in level in the Mixer could result in
excessive look-ahead final limiting in that band’s frequency range. We suggest that any changes implemented here
be limited to about 0.5 dB to 0.7 dB of boost maximum. Alternately, a decrease in mix levels can be done in any
desired amount and without fear of final limiter overdrive.
Thunder Bass
Omnia.ONE Multicast has the power to shake the walls with low end! If your source material has it, Omnia.ONE
Multicast can expose that deep bass and do it with muscle! Tailoring Thunder Bass for more dominance is simple,
and is done by adjusting the following parameters and in the order listed:
1. Increase the amount of Bass boost in the Enhance section.
2. Increase the Drive to Low Frequency Limiter.
3. Increase the Release setting in the Low Frequency Limiter.
4. Increase the Drive to the Bass Clipper.