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The Omnia VOCO® 8 Story
Omnia®: It Begins.
From the very moment Telos Alliance CEO and Omnia Audio founder Frank Foti unleashed some of his first sonic
weapons of audio processing on the FM dial, Omnia had a singular mission: To enable radio stations to “Start Taking
Hostages” when it came to their audio. This meant delivering audio that was not only LOUD but also some of the CLEAN-
EST on the dial, free of distortion and other artifacts that plagued so many stations fighting the loudness war. We did what
many thought was impossible at the time; increased loudness AND made the audio cleaner. Contrary to what some may
believe, we aren’t simply about brute force loudness at all costs. The core passion of Omnia is to deliver audio that isn’t just
HEARD but FELT!
Since those early days, Omnia has produced some of the most widely used audio processors in the industry—from the very
first DSP based processor for FM that wasn’t simply trying to emulate analog processing, to the popular Omnia 6 which
quickly became an industry standard, to the versatile and cost effective Omnia ONE, and now the Omnia.7, Omnia.9, and
Omnia.11. They all reflect that same core passion that makes Omnia what it has become today.
Linear Acoustic®
In 2008 another group equally passionate about high quality audio on the television side of the industry, Linear Acoustic
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joined The Telos Alliance. Tim Carroll, Telos Alliance CTO and Linear Acoustic founder, along with the whole team from
Linear Acoustic had developed a number of award winning products and technologies for DTV loudness management and
surround sound upmixing/downmixing. This talented team worked to apply their deep knowledge base and passion for
audio to the radio side of the industry. It was this partnership that brought products like the Omnia.7 to reality.
