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SYSTEM MENU
File Recorder Menu
Omnia.7 features three built-in file recorders that allow you to capture audio from various points within the
processing chain onto a USB flash drive or hard drive.
Before you begin, select the
Name
input field and assign a name to your new file. Then choose which processing
core (AM, HD, or Studio) and patch point you would like to record from using the
Audio Selection
menu. Finally,
enable “Rec” to start recording.
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Selecting
Start All
from the File Recorder 1 menu allows the “Rec” control in File Recorder 1 to act as a
master start/stop control for all three recorders. This is useful for making exactly the same recording in all
three recorders but from different patch points. Unchecking
Start All
returns individual control to each
recorder.
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The
Gain
slider controls the input level into the recorder. If, for example, you are recording from the MPX
patch point with this control set at -3dB, you will get a -3dB peak MPX file, suitable for use in a modula-
tion monitoring software program such as MpxTool.
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The
Vox
control, when enabled, pauses recording when no audio is present and has a selectable timeout
setting.
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The
Minimize File Size
control automatically adjusts the recording resolution to match the actual noise
floor of the audio, allowing you to record a full hour of off-air MPX audio in a file size of only 500mb. The
resulting FLAC file can still be read by any program that supports FLAC.
If you are recording directly from the Omnia.7 or on a remote computer with a high speed connection to Omnia.7,
the Source window will show “PCM” indicating the recording will be uncompressed PCM source data. If you have
a slower remote connection, the window will show “Vorbis” indicating that you will be recording the decoded
output of a lossy codec. In either case, the recorder always produces a FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) file.
You also have the option to use Omnia.7’s Time-Based File Splitting feature, which allows you to record files of a
specified length (15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, or 4 hours). As it is sample-accurate, you can
splice the files together after recording if you like. There is no file limit size (other than the amount of space on your
external drive) so file splitting is not required, but an option.