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2.
Back off on the influence of the Limiter stages:
• Reduce the amount of
Drive
.
• Lower the
Release
settings in each band to slow down recovery.
• Raise the threshold of the
Hold
function.
3.
Ease up on the Wideband-AGC sections:
• Reduce the
Drive
to the Wideband-AGC.
• Lower the
Release
setting to cause it to operate slower.
Backing off the limiting sections first will allow the processing to still retain a level of loudness while restoring
punch and quality. Start with reducing the
Final Limiter
amount in 0.5 dB steps. It’s surprising how much detail can
be restored from such a small change. Generally, a change in the
Final Limiter
drive will have the most noticeable
effect on quality, but it will also affect the relative loudness level, too. You’ll need to find a “happy medium” that’s
right for your application.
Equalization (EQ) Changes
Tailoring the shape of the overall audio spectrum can be done in four different ways:
Adjusting the
Drive
to the individual bands from within the
XOver
menu, which sets the input
levels to the multi-band AGC sections.
Changing the relative amount of
Drive
to the individual multi-band limiters.
Adjusting one or more bands to have faster release times than the others.
Adjusting the settings within the
Mixer
.
All four options will provide a noticeable change in EQ and each will have a different character. We suggest you use
the first two listed options before trying others. In each case the EQ change you make is followed by a
dynamically
controlled stage, so the subsequent AGC or Limiter will counter any excessive EQ adjustments.
The last option, adjusting the
Mixer
, is designed to provide a final
minor
trim to the audio spectrum. Since this stage
is
after
all of the dynamic multi-band AGC and Peak Limiting, a radical change in level in the
Mixer
could result in
excessive look-ahead final limiting in that band’s frequency range. We suggest that any changes implemented here
be limited to about 0.5 dB to 0.7 dB of boost maximum. Alternately, a decrease in mix levels can be done in any
desired amount and without fear of final limiter overdrive.
Thunder Bass
Omnia.ONE Multicast has the power to shake the walls with low end! If your source material has it, Omnia.ONE
Multicast can expose that deep bass and do it with muscle! Tailoring Thunder Bass for more dominance is simple,
and is done by adjusting the following parameters and in the order listed:
1.
Increase the amount of
Bass
boost in the
Enhance
section.
2.
Increase the
Drive
to
Low Frequency Limiter.
3. Increase
the
Release
setting in the
Low Frequency Limiter.
4.
Increase the
Drive
to the
Bass Clipper.
