Omnia Omnia.9, Installation And Operation Manual

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Wideband AGC2 Menu
The Wideband AGC2 menu provides access to the sidechain delay, maximum gain, maximum gain
reduction, ratio, attack, release, progressive release, target, gate threshold, freeze threshold, and
three-­‐band sidechain parametric equalizer controls.
The Omnia.9’s Wideband AGC2 control allows you to insert one additional AGC processing
stage into the chain as follows:
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A Wideband compressor immediately following the Wideband AGC1 section and
just ahead of the Multiband AGC and Limiters
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A Wideband compressor immediately following the Multiband AGC and Limiters
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A Bass Only compressor immediately following the Multiband AGC and Limiters
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A Bass Wideband compressor, also immediately following the Multiband AGC and
Limiters
The Sidechain Delay, Maximum Gain, Ratio, Attack speed, Release speed, Target, Gate
Threshold, and Freeze Threshold controls work in the same manner as their counterparts in
the other sections of the Omnia.9. Just like the Wideband AGC1 section, the Maximum Gain
control in the Wideband AGC1 section has a range of24dB.
The Wideband AGC2 control enables or disables the Wideband AGC2 section and allows you
to choose whether it is situated before or after the Multiband AGC section or used as a
dedicated Bass Compressor.
If you use the AGC2 as a Bass Compressor, it will be situated after the Multiband section but
will affect only the lower bands, and allow you to push the bass a bit harder without over-­‐
driving the final clipper or using excessively fast attack and release speeds in the lower
bands of the Multiband AGC.
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Bass Only (“BO”) employs a sidechain filter that allows only the audio from the
lower bands to affect gain, so only the lower frequencies are compressed above
threshold.