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FM MENU BASIC MODE
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The Solar Plexus control switch activates a sub-harmonic bass enhancement effect. This replaces the original “Bass
Thunder”, providing greater flexibility over the older enhancer. Unlike other attempts at this that use simple frequency
dividers that provide phony sounding “one note” bass, the sub-harmonic enhancement here is locked to the original
bass musically, in both frequency and level. When activated there are 3 adjustments to control the effect that can be set
to reduce as well as boost the
Punch , Depth and Muscle features of the effect as desired. When adjusting Solar Plexus,
be sure to use speakers or headphones with good low bass response to avoid “overdoing it” with too much energy in the
lowest octaves.
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The Bass-EFX control allows you to enable or disable the Bass-EFX feature and, when enabled, adjust the level of
Bass-EFX processing. which helps retain the punch of low-frequency transients such as those found in a kick drum
by spreading the bass energy out in time, thus allowing more of the energy of a bass kick to pass through the clippers.
Bass-EFX does not itself add energy.
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The Stereo Enhancer control allows you to enable or disable the stereo enhancer feature. When enabled, the Stereo
Amount control determines the ratio of L+R to L-R. Higher settings provide more stereo enhancement. Adjust this
control carefully to avoid turning the stereo image “inside out” by allowing L-R to overpower L+R which ruins mono
compatibility and increases multipath distortion.
Gain Riding Menu
Multiple individual settings of Omnia.9’s various wideband AGC sections are simultaneously controlled by the settings in the
Gain Riding menu.
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The setting of the Gain Riding Range control affects the Input AGC only and determines the amount of available gain.
Setting this control too high may provide too much room for low level audio to be raised up while not providing enough
room to adequately attenuate higher input levels. Conversely, setting it too low may not provide enough gain to increase
low incoming levels.
It is worth noting that traditional processors only act upon audio above a particular threshold. They are driven into various
amounts of gain reduction, but once the audio falls below the threshold, they “run out of room” or “top out” and are incapable
of increasing the audio any further. This necessitates some sort of make-up gain control later in the audio chain. The AGC’s in
Omnia.9 operate both above AND below threshold (as you can see by observing the scale on the Input AGC meter) thereby
controlling the dynamics over a much wider range without the need for makeup gain.
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The Gain Riding Power control simultaneously adjusts the ratio of the Input AGC and Wideband AGC 1 sections.
Advancing the control tightens the ratio and provides more consistency, while sliding the control to the left loosens the
ratio and yields a more open sound.
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Gain Riding Speed simultaneously adjusts the attack and release rates of the Input AGC and Wideband AGC 1 sections.
Higher settings translate to faster attack and release rates. Since the actual attack and release speeds are program
dependent, the numeric value on the control simply represents the relative position of the slider (0 = control completely
to the left = slowest, 100 = control completely to the right = fastest).