Omnia Audio Omnia.ONE - Manual (Page 58)

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Presence Band
Adjusts the output level of the presence band limiter into the following Final Limiter
stage. Higher numbers result in more presence but too much mix level can make the
following clipper work unnecessarily hard, causing excessive distortion in presence band
program material.
Hi Band
Adjusts the output level of the high band limiter into the overall mix. Higher numbers
result in more high frequencies and too much mix level can make the following clipper
work unnecessarily hard, causing excessive distortion in the treble.
Super Hi Band
Adjusts the output level of the optional super-high band limiter (when enabled) into the
overall mix. Higher numbers result in more high frequencies and too much mix level can
make the following clipper work unnecessarily hard, causing excessive distortion in the
treble.
<-Exit
Click on this option to return to the Adjust Processing submenu.
Clipper
The Clipper is the Omnia.ONE’s final limiting stage. Here is where the Omnia.ONE’s loudness
versus quality advantage is most evident! The main clipper is a very powerful algorithm, is highly
over-sampled, and is fully anti-aliased.
Clip Drive
The Clip Drive control controls the depth of clipping in precise 0.1dB steps over a +/-6
dB range. This is the primary control over the “loudness vs. distortion” tradeoff. It is
advisable to make minor changes, primarily as the 'loudness fine tuner'. Be careful! There
is a lot of available power here!
We suggest that each time you try a new factory preset, you adjust the Clip Drive as
follows: Starting with the default setting for a preset, adjust it down in 0.5 dB steps until
the loudness just drops below the desired level and then bring it up slightly from there.
This should be the optimum setting for your station and market. With most presets, there
should be room to turn it up a bit as well if a bit more loudness is needed. Turn it up just
enough to achieve the desired loudness level. If you have to turn it up too much, to the
point where distortion becomes obtrusive, it would probably be best to start with a more
aggressive preset.
Clip Silk
This control adjusts the texture of the main clipper when the clipper is handling
significant mid and upper midrange program material such as solo electric guitar, etc.
We've brought out a hidden control from the distortion-canceling algorithm to allow you
to make subtle tradeoffs in how the final clipper texture sounds. Higher numbered
settings (clockwise) soften (or silken) the sound of the clipping at higher frequencies,
with only a slight reduction in brightness on some material. The sound of clipping low
frequency material (<2Khz) is largely unaffected.
Comp Drv (Composite Clipper Drive)
This controls the drive to the DSP-based composite clipper in the Stereo Generator. A
setting of 0.0dB is the same as the clipper being “off “. This clipper operates on the entire