Input agc menu – Omnia Audio Omnia.9 User Manual
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in each band when the program audio falls below the threshold. Lower settings provide slower
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to each band when the program audio rises above threshold. Lower settings provide slower release
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slower-acting leveler ahead of the Wideband AGC1 and multiband compressor sections that follow it.
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make-up gain control later in the audio chain. The compressors in Omnia.9 operate above AND below
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Chapter 9: FM Menu - Processing for FM
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