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OMNIA.7AM
USER'S MANUAL
p/n: 1490-00151-001
For part numbers: 2001-00455, 2001-00461, 2001-00460,
2001-00427 Omnia.7AM Software Version 3.15.70
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May 2016

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  • Page 1 OMNIA.7AM USER’S MANUAL p/n: 1490-00151-001 For part numbers: 2001-00455, 2001-00461, 2001-00460, 2001-00427 Omnia.7AM Software Version 3.15.70 May 2016...
  • Page 2 Notices and Cautions CAUTION: The installation and service instructions in this manual are for use by qualified personnel only. To avoid electric shock, do not perform any servicing other than that contained in the operating instructions unless you are qualified to do so.
  • Page 3 WARNUNG: Die Installations-und Serviceanleitung in diesem Handbuch ist für die Benutzung durch qualifiziertes Fachperson- al. Um Stromschläge zu vermeiden führen Sie keine andere Wartung durch als in dieser Betriebsanleitung aufge- führt, es sei denn Sie sind dafür qualifiziert. Überlassen Sie alle Reparaturarbeiten qualifiziertem Fachpersonal. Dieses Gerät hat eine automatische Bereichseinstellung der Netzspannung.
  • Page 4 USA CLASS A COMPUTING DEVICE INFORMATION TO USER. WARNING: This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio-frequency energy. If it is not installed and used as directed by this manual, it may cause interference to radio communication. This equipment complies with the limits for a class a computing device, as specified by fcc rules, part 15, subpart j, which are designed to provide reasonable protec- tion against such interference when this type of equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 5 The operation of Omnia.7AM is determined largely by software. We routinely release new versions to add features and fix bugs. Check the Omnia Audio web site for the latest. We encourage you to sign-up for the email notification service offered on the site.
  • Page 6 All other questions, please email inquiry@Telosalliance.com. ♦ VIA WORLD WIDE WEB: The Omnia Audio web site has a variety of information which may be useful for product selection and support. The url is www.Telosalliance.com. REGISTER YOUR PRODUCT Did you know that all Telos Alliance products come with a 5-Year Warranty? Take a moment to activate your coverage online at http://telosalliance.com/product-registration/ .

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    | Table of Contents A Letter from our CEO, Frank Foti VIII Intro Getting the Most from this Manual Intro The Omnia.7 Story Quick Startup Guide General Processing Advice Home Screen & User Interface NfRemote Client Software Reading the Meters Home Menu Input >...

  • Page 8: A Letter From Our Ceo, Frank Foti

    AoIP, so that all types of broadcasters can excel in this ever-evolving digital world. Omnia Audio not only lets you stand out on the dial with your unique signature sound via legendary audio processors, audio codecs, and microphone processing, it lets you give your listeners a better streaming experience across devices with innovative stream encoding/processing software and hardware.

  • Page 9: Getting The Most From This Manual

    Getting the Most from this Manual Getting the Most from this Manual Let’s be honest about a few things right up front: Omnia.7 offers a lot of power and flexibility, characteristics that inherently bring a degree of complexity ♦ along for the ride.

  • Page 10: The Omnia.7 Story

    The Omnia.7 Story How Omnia.7 Came to Be As of the this writing, Omnia.9 by Leif Claesson - Omnia.7’s “big brother” - has been on the air re-defining the sound of FM radio around the world for nearly five years now.
  • Page 11 And if you don’t, well, let’s just say there are lots of ways to get yourself loose in the corners and end up in the weeds. But for all of its capabilities, Omnia.7 is not difficult to set up and use, especially in “Basic”...
  • Page 12 Quick Start Setup Guide We know that you’re probably in a hurry to get your new Omnia.7 installed and on the air. If you have technical expertise and previous knowledge of audio processor fundamentals, this Quick-Start Setup Guide will get you up and running as quickly as possible.

  • Page 13: Quick Startup Guide

    Front Panel Controls and Navigation Unlike other products in the Omnia family, Omnia.7 uses a “joystick” type of rotary encoder for menu navigation and control adjustment. “Rocking” the control left, right, up or down facilitates navigation through the various menus.
  • Page 14 Input meters in the Processing display window so that average levels keep the meters in the green. If the meters flash red, the input is being overdriven and levels to the Omnia.7 must be reduced. It is fine for the peak indicators to read up near 0 but should not go over 0 often.
  • Page 15 We suggest you audition all of the factory presets to get a feel for each of them. Note: Omnia.7 contains a relay-bypass feature that allows unprocessed audio to pass directly through the unit to prevent complete loss of audio (dead air) any time the software is not active. This includes when the unit loses power, is in the start-up process, or must re-initialize its software after applying certain user-initiated configuration changes.

  • Page 16: General Processing Advice

    General Processing Advice Know Your Goals The first step to successful processing – and this applies to ANY processor, not just Omnia.7 - is defining your goals. Whatever those goals are, Omnia.7 is capable of getting you there. You may wish to maintain as much quality as possible while increasing loudness somewhat over your existing processor.
  • Page 17 Making and Saving Changes Human nature is fickle; the human ear adapts and tires quickly; and Omnia.7 gives you lots of control. With those things in mind, here are some recommended “Do’s” and “Don’ts” when making and saving changes to presets: DO resist the temptation to constantly fiddle with every control right after you put Omnia.7 on the air.
  • Page 18 Home Screen Omnia.7’s home screen is divided into two primary sections: Displays and meters on the left side, and menus and controls on the right. By default, the Undo meters are displayed in the top section, while input, output, and process- ing meters are shown at the bottom.

  • Page 19: Home Screen & User Interface

    Menu Hierarchy The basic Omnia.7 menu hierarchy is organized as a series of menus and sub-menus with each sub-menu getting more and more specific in nature and finally ending in individual controls. Navigation paths will be expressed as Menu > Sub Menu > Submenu > Control with color images showing what the...

  • Page 20: Nfremote Client Software

    If you can do it on the front panel, you can do it via remote - a feature you’ll appreciate if your Omnia.7 is located in a noisy rack room, at the transmitter site, or even thousands of miles away at a distant station you oversee.
  • Page 21 Omnia.7 to your remote control PC. The more information the client asks for, the more critical it is to have a robust Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection to the between it and Omnia.7.
  • Page 22 Omnia.7) or Inbound (Omnia.7 listens for an incoming connection request from an instance of NfRemote). Note that the IP addresses of inbound connections are enclosed by chevrons. It is possible to stream audio from the Omnia.7 to a remote PC using NfRemote. The Audio Streaming ♦...
  • Page 23 The current processing core being viewed as can the location of the particular Omnia.7 (us- er-customized) along with the CPU load of Omnia.7 itself or that of the remote PC. Controls for Speaker Volume, Headphone Volume, and Client Audio Volume are also available here. The Menu button and 6 display preset buttons round out the display.
  • Page 24 In between these two areas is a navigation bar that shows you exactly where you “are” within Omnia.7 along with navigation arrow buttons that let you go forward or backward to most places you have visited in the fourth tier.
  • Page 25 Or, you could devote an entire display preset to the oscilloscope and monitor the program input, the output of Undo, the MPX before the clipper, and the final MPX output to see what the various stages within Omnia.7 are doing to the audio signal.
  • Page 26 PC itself, or load a preset from the remote PC to your Omnia.7. This includes flash drives and external USB drives, which provides an excellent way to back up any custom presets, or easily duplicate those presets on another Omnia.7.

  • Page 27: Save Preset Menu

    Load Preset Menu This menu operates in a manner similar to the Load Preset menu in the various processing cores of the Omnia.7. However, the client software offers an additional Load From button that allows you to call up a preset file from the remote PC, including from a flash drive or external USB drive.
  • Page 28 Some means by which to correct for speaker and/or room inaccuracies (such as a parametric equalizer). ♦ Omnia.7 provides three out of the four tools – the pink noise generator, the RTA, and the EQ. All you need to add is the calibrated mic.
  • Page 29 CHAPTER 5 | Connect the Client PC and the Calibrated Mic The first step to calibration is making sure you have a remote connection to your Omnia.7 per the instructions at the beginning of this manual. Once connected, plug your calibrated mic into the remote PC, install any necessary software or drivers, and establish that it is working properly in Windows.
  • Page 30 NfREMOTE CLIENT SOFTWARE CHAPTER 5 | Using the Parametric EQ to Smooth Things Out Methods of equalizing speakers in their rooms vary, but generally speaking, using the fewest number of bands of EQ to achieve the desired result is preferred. Cutting (reducing) frequencies is usually preferred to boosting (increasing) them, although sometimes boosting a certain range is not easily avoided.
  • Page 31 We suggest that instead of making changes to the EQ sections, you use Omnia.7’s Loudness menus to make subjective adjustments. These menus each give you three additional bands of fully parametric equalization.

  • Page 32: Reading The Meters

    READING THE PROCESSING METERS CHAPTER 6 | Reading the Processing Meters The Processing Meters display provides a tremendous amount of information about what’s going on inside each of Omnia.7’s processing cores but are very easy to understand at a glance.
  • Page 33 In the HD section, meters for the final look-ahead peak limiters and the final output of the processing core are added while the AGC output meters are eliminated. The ITU BS.1770 Input meters indicate the level of the unprocessed source audio coming into Omnia.7 ♦...

  • Page 34: Home Menu

    Home Menu Omnia.7’s front panel Home Menu is the highest level menu available in the user interface. If you ever lose your way in the menu system, going back to the Home Menu will get you quickly back on familiar ground.
  • Page 35 As a convenience, this sub-menu appears on many different menus through- out Omnia.7, and details are provided in Chapter 11. Lock Front Panel - Includes controls for locking/unlocking the front panel when the unit is password ♦...

  • Page 36: Input > Source Audio Menu

    The Source Audio menu contains the Auto Balance menu. Auto Balance Menu When Auto Balance is enabled, Omnia.7 will automatically balance the left and right channels of the incoming audio, compensating for any level discrepancies that may be present in an audio stage preceding the processor (such as the output of a console or an STL).
  • Page 37 The Channel Loss Timeout option automatically fades to mono if one input channel is missing. The ♦ length of time Omnia.7 waits before fading to mono can be set to 3, 10, 30, or 60 seconds. 10 seconds is the default. This feature can be disabled altogether by selecting “Off”.

  • Page 38: Input > Undo Menu

    This means NO leveler, neither wideband nor multiband. If the possibility of clipping the STL at the studio is a concern, simply turn down the input level to the STL and use Omnia.7’s Input Gain control to compensate. Omnia.7 will also happily boost low input levels automatically.
  • Page 39 INPUT>UNDO MENU CHAPTER 9 | The second stage of Undo is a multi-band expander that is designed to restore dynamic range to audio that has been excessively compressed. Each of the five bands of the expander has a corresponding psychoacoustic dynamics detector and a peak detector that examine the peak levels of the incoming audio, and based upon that information plus the settings of the various controls, tells the expander how much dynamic range to restore to the audio.
  • Page 40 Save Preset menu allows you to edit the name of or save over a user preset. The Preset Protection Menu allows you to password protect a preset so that it cannot be modified or copied for use in another Omnia.7.
  • Page 41 INPUT>UNDO MENU CHAPTER 9 | About Preset Menu The About Preset menu contains information about the preset itself, including its author and a description which appears in a pop-up window when this button is selected. Undo Main Menu Controls for bypassing undo as well as independently enabling the declipper and multiband expander are con- tained in the Undo Main menu.
  • Page 42 INPUT>UNDO MENU CHAPTER 9 | Undo Metering Menu The Undo Metering menu determines which of Undo’s four metering functions are displayed in the Undo Meters window. When enabled, the Show Dynamics Detector Meters, Show Expander Ratio Meters, Show Speed Governor Meters, and Show Expander Threshold Meters allow the associated meters for each respective section to be displayed in the Undo Meters window.
  • Page 43 INPUT>UNDO MENU CHAPTER 9 | The Dynamics Detectors meters indicate the amount of dynamics detected in each band. Taller bars ♦ indicate more inherent dynamics in the source music while shorter bars indicate less dynamics. These meters are generally the inverse of the Expander Ratio meters. The Expander Ratio meters indicate the current ratio of expansion relative to the detected incoming ♦...
  • Page 44 The most effective way to monitor exactly what the de-clipper is doing is to view the pre-de-clipper and post-de- clipper waveforms side-by-side using Omnia.7’s built-in oscilloscopes. Details of how to configure the display windows and set up the oscilloscopes are provided in Chapter 11 of this manual.

  • Page 45: Am Menu

    The AM menu contains Processing and Meter Options submenus: While Omnia.7 offers completely independent processing cores for AM, HD, and the low-latency Studio feed, the majority of the controls are the same for each. There will be some differences for settings that are peculiar to a particular medium;...
  • Page 46 While there are some very powerful controls available in this mode, our experience with Omnia.9 over the past several years (the product upon which Omnia.7 is based) is that they are best left alone unless you are intimately familiar with the intricacies of these products and have a very specific need to make changes to these settings.
  • Page 47 It also makes use of Wideband AGC 2 in Bass Only mode for enhanced low end. Fine Arts is similar to the Classical/Jazz preset found in Omnia.9’s FM, HD, Streaming, and Studio ♦...

  • Page 48: Save Preset

    AM MENU CHAPTER 10 | Flamethrower5B is a loud preset with more mid-range presence than Eruption. It is suitable for most ♦ music formats or for talk stations that are looking for more loudness very similar to Fire and Brimstone and matches its loudness but with less mid-bass and less highs.
  • Page 49 The Preset Protection Menu allows you to password protect a preset so that it cannot be modified or copied for use in another Omnia.7. In addition, the settings for this preset will be hidden from view as long as the preset is locked.
  • Page 50 The Input Conditioning menu contains the controls for multiband Noise Reduction Amount and Noise Reduction Threshold. Omnia.7 features downward expanders in its multiband AGC stage to help control noise in the content ♦ itself (for example, tape hiss present on an old recording) or environmental noise (such as HVAC noise in the studio).
  • Page 51 The AGC’s in Omnia.7 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.
  • Page 52 The controls of the Multiband menu work in a similar fashion to their counterparts in the Gain Riding menu but work on Omnia.7’s multiband AGC section. The Multiband Range control sets the total amount of available multiband gain. Setting this control too high may provide too much room for low level audio to be raised up.
  • Page 53 – only more distortion. We strongly recommend using Omnia.7’s oscilloscope as well as your ears to monitor the MPX Output signal while adjusting the final clip drive. The fact that this control is calibrated in one-quarter dB increments should give you the (correct) impression that small changes make a big difference in the sound.
  • Page 54 Intermediate level. There is rarely a good case for moving beyond Intermediate mode as it provides a very high level of customization and power. Used skillfully, that power can let you really fine tune the sound of Omnia.7. Used incorrectly, however, it can produce some unexpected or undesirable results. We strongly encourage you to read...
  • Page 55 The Input AGC Menu is used to set the ratio, maximum gain, attack rate, release rate, target, gate threshold, and freeze threshold. The Input AGC is the first gain control stage in Omnia.7 following Undo and is designed to be used as a slower-act- ing leveler ahead of the Wideband AGC1 and multiband compressor sections that follow it.
  • Page 56 AM MENU CHAPTER 10 | Because all of Omnia.7’s processing stages are program-dependent, putting actual measures of time ♦ on these controls would be pointless, and so the numbers on the various Attack and Release controls throughout simply indicate to what degree the slider is advanced.
  • Page 57 The Maximum Gain, Ratio, Attack rate Release rate, Target, Gate Threshold, and Freeze Threshold ♦ controls work in the same manner as their counterparts in the other sections of the Omnia.7 as explained earlier in this manual. However, the Maximum Gain control in the Wideband AGC1 section has more range.
  • Page 58 Used creatively, this is actually a very useful tool for controlling announcer/ music level balance. The Gate Threshold and Freeze Threshold controls work in the same manner as their counterparts in the ♦ other sections of the Omnia.7 as explained earlier in this manual.
  • Page 59 The AGC Target (coupled), Band Mix (coupled), and Drive (coupled) controls work in the same ¸ manner as their counterparts in the other sections of the Omnia.7 as explained earlier in this manual. The AGC Target controls set the target output level of each band of the Multiband AGC. A lower ¸...
  • Page 60 The AGC Target (coupled) and Limited Threshold Target (coupled) controls work in the same manner as ♦ their counterparts in the other sections of the Omnia.7 as explained earlier in this manual. The AGC Target controls set the target output level of each band of the Multiband AGC. A lower setting ♦...
  • Page 61 The Dry Voice Detection menu houses the controls that allow Omnia.7 to overcome this by automatically detect- ing (in the Auto mode) when the input audio is speech and using a separate set of multiband targets, attack rates, and release rates.
  • Page 62 CHAPTER 10 | Wideband AGC 2 Menu Omnia.7 allows you to insert an additional (and rather versatile) AGC into the processing chain after the Multi- band AGC’s. This can be used as an additional wideband AGC or as a bass compressor.
  • Page 63 The Band Mix (coupled) control works in the same manner as its counterparts in the other sections of the ♦ Omnia.7 as explained earlier in this manual.
  • Page 64 – only more distortion. We strongly recommend using Omnia.7’s oscilloscope as well as your ears to monitor the MPX Output ♦...
  • Page 65 AM MENU CHAPTER 10 | Bypass Menu Enabling the Bypass Processing button bypasses all dynamics processing except for Undo, which has its own dedicated controls in the Undo menu. The Bypass Gain control should be set to that the level of unprocessed (bypassed) audio matches the level of processed audio as closely as possible.
  • Page 66 Some require an especially intimate knowledge of how Omnia.7 works “under the hood” and are risky to adjust without a very deep understanding of the product.
  • Page 67 Omnia.7 as explained earlier in this manual. Note: You can see a visual representation of the sidechain EQ curve in a display window using Omnia.7’s built-in RTA by navigating to AM > Processing > Display Settings and choosing the specific patch point for each sidechain.
  • Page 68 AM MENU CHAPTER 10 | Clipper Menu The Clipper Menu in Expert mode reveals one additional control entitled Bass Clipper Slope. The Bass Clipper Slope control determines the slope characteristics of the bass clipper. ♦ Slope 1 is filtered at a very low frequency so that the low bass stays “clean” even when clipped hard. ¸...

  • Page 69: Display & Meter Options

    Omnia.7 are doing to the audio signal. The combinations are endless and yours to customize to suit your particular needs and preferences. You can also turn off any or all of Omnia.7’s displays here – a handy feature for keeping your processing meters and settings from curious eyes!
  • Page 70 DISPLAY AND METER OPTIONS CHAPTER 11 | The Memory Slot dropdown menu selects which set of displays is currently shown. ♦ Selecting Fullscreen Mode temporarily removes the controls from the screen and shows only the selected ♦ displays. Which information is displayed is determined by Display Options sub-menu in each of the six individual ♦...
  • Page 71 Undo Metering portion of the main Undo menu as described in Chapter 9. The Processing Meters menu allows you to display the levels and activity of Omnia.7’s various gain stages ♦...
  • Page 72 DISPLAY AND METER OPTIONS CHAPTER 11 | The Input Meters menu allows you to monitor the audio levels entering Omnia.7 with ITU-R BS.1770 ♦ bargraph meters. Loudness Meters (Only available on Display 3 or higher) Choosing Loudness Meters provides separate loudness meters below the other displays for Program ♦...
  • Page 73 Local control changes the display to the actual time as set in the System > Time/Date menu. Choosing the UTC option reflects Coordinated Universal Time (no local time offset). When remotely connected to Omnia.7 via the NfRemote software, an additional option called Remote is available which reflects system time of the host PC.
  • Page 74 DISPLAY AND METER OPTIONS CHAPTER 11 | Selecting the Momentary Loudness Graph displays measured loudness over a shorter period of time ♦ compared to the Short Term Loudness option.
  • Page 75 ♦ or right channel can be selected for each patch point. The Physical Inputs category allows the signal present at Omnia.7’s rear panel inputs to be monitored. ♦ The left and right channels of both the Analog and Digital inputs are available. The patch points are especially valuable when using the NfRemote client software to stream audio back from Omnia.7 in...
  • Page 76 DISPLAY AND METER OPTIONS CHAPTER 11 | The Multiband category allows the oscilloscope to display the outputs of each of Omnia.7’s multiband ♦ AGC’s. The total number of available bands is dependent upon the number of bands used in the current preset.
  • Page 77 Instrumentation Menu > RTA Choosing the RTA menu provides spectral analysis from various patch points within Omnia.7. The horizontal scale along the bottom of the RTA screen shows frequencies from 20 to 20,000Hz. The vertical scale along the left side shows the amplitude of the audio in decibels.
  • Page 78 DISPLAY AND METER OPTIONS CHAPTER 11 | The Target control moves the dark red target window and/or the amplitude scale up and down within the ♦ display, a useful tool for establishing a target when performing speaker calibration. The Range control allows you to view a broader or narrower range of audio, indicated by the range scale ♦...
  • Page 79 DISPLAY AND METER OPTIONS CHAPTER 11 | Instrumentation Menu > FFT Spectrum Analyzer Menu The FFT menu allows you to monitor the same sources as those mentioned in the Oscilloscope menu section. The Delay control works the same here as it does previous and subsequent display sections. ♦...
  • Page 80 To make A/B comparisons easier, Omnia.7 can apply automatic leveling to several key input patch points and makes those available here in the Meter Options Menu (for display purposes) as well as in each of the Monitor Outputs menus.

  • Page 81: Studio Processing Menu

    STUDIO PROCESSING MENU CHAPTER 12 | Studio Processing Menu The Studio Processing Core is a low-latency processing core mainly designed for talent monitoring. Its menu is virtually identical to that of the AM Processing section except for the Band Mix menu which includes a Final Limiter drive (instead of Clipper driver), an Output Level control to set the final output level, and the option to bypass the multiband limiters if desired, which further decreases the already low latency throughput time of this processing section slightly.
  • Page 82 HD PROCESSING MENU CHAPTER 13 | The HD Processing Menu Much like the Studio processing core, the optional HD processing section is virtually identical to its AM coun- terpart with one significant difference: It uses a look-ahead peak limiter in lieu of a clipper as the final processing stage.

  • Page 83: Hd Processing Menu

    A detailed explanation of setting up and configuring streaming encoders and servers would require an entire manual of its own, and is beyond the scope of the general Omnia.7 manual. We have assumed that users who stream possess at least a basic knowledge of how streaming audio works and an understanding of the differences between the various formats.
  • Page 84 Config> Streaming Encoders menu. For ease of illustration, only one type of each encoder will be shown in the examples below. Metadata Menu Omnia 7’s built-in http server can be used to feed information such as the song title and artist information to the stream. AAC Menu The AAC menu contains two sub-menus, Encoder and Server.
  • Page 85 20kHz. Unless you have a specific reason to set the bandwidth manually, we strongly recommend leaving this control set to Encoder Default. The Sample Rate menu will either maintain Omnia.7’s system sample rate of 44.1kHz or 48kHz (depend- ♦ ing on the sample rate setting) in the encoder, or result in a high-quality re-sample to 32, 44.1, or 96kHz.
  • Page 86 STREAMING MENU CHAPTER 14 | The setting of the Gain control is critical. Normally, this control can be left at 0.0. However, there are ♦ times when you will want to reduce the input level into the encoder. For example, if you are employing a lot of peak limiting in the Streaming core and using AAC+ encoding at a low bit rate, there will be peak overshoots created as a side effect of the bit rate reduction.
  • Page 87 The Sample Rate menu will either maintain Omnia.7’s system sample rate of 44.1kHz or 48kHz (depend- ♦...
  • Page 88 STREAMING MENU CHAPTER 14 | this control set to Encoder Default. The Encoding Quality menu provides a choice between Best, Normal, and Low CPU which allows you to ♦ balance the tradeoff between higher audio quality and lower CPU usage. The Gain control determines the final output level into the encoder.
  • Page 89 The Sample Rate menu will either maintain Omnia.9’s system sample rate of 44.1kHz or 48kHz (depend- ♦ ing on the sample rate setting) in the encoder, or result in a high-quality re-sample to 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32kHz.
  • Page 90 STREAMING MENU CHAPTER 14 | The Title field allows you to enter the stream title displayed to listeners and on public listings, such as ♦ shoutcast.com. The Server field should contain the URL of the server, including the port, in the following format: ♦...
  • Page 91 The Channel Mode menu provides a choice between Mono and Stereo. ♦ The Sample Rate menu will either maintain Omnia.9’s sample rate of 44.1kHz or 48kHz (depending on ♦ the sample rate setting)in the encoder, or result in a high-quality re-sample to 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, or 44.1kHz.
  • Page 92 STREAMING MENU CHAPTER 14 | The Vorbis Server menu allows you to input and set up your server settings. The Server field should contain the URL of the server, including the port, in the following format: ♦ “streamingserver.example.com:8000” The Mount Point field (for Icecast 2 servers) should contain the mount point on the server, in the ♦...
  • Page 93 STREAMING MENU CHAPTER 14 | The Title field allows you to enter the name of the encoder. ♦ The Enable control enables or disables the stream. When enabled, the encoder will continually try to ♦ connect to the specified server. The Encoder menu lets you choose between Windows Media Audio 9 and Windows Media Audio 9 ♦...
  • Page 94 STREAMING MENU CHAPTER 14 | The Title field allows you to enter the name of your audio stream. ♦ The Genre field is also a metadata field. The type or style of content found on the stream is typically ♦ entered here.

  • Page 95: Monitor Output Menu

    Monitor Output Menu The Monitor Output menu of Omnia.7 allows you to independently configure the Speaker Output and Headphone Output. The menus and controls for each of these sections are identical, so any images or references to one apply to...
  • Page 96 CHAPTER 15 | Speaker/Headphone Output Menus From here, you can choose which of Omnia.7’s processing cores you wish to monitor, and from within each core, which specific patch point. Additionally, you can Load and Save presets, adjust overall volume levels and individual left and right channel...
  • Page 97 Patch Points Menu The Patch Point menu lets you choose which of Omnia.7’s processing cores you wish to monitor in the Speaker and Headphone outputs, and, more specifically, which point within that core you want to hear. The patch point currently being monitored appears in the corresponding volume control at the top of the screen.

  • Page 98: Main Menu

    MONITOR OUTPUT MENU CHAPTER 15 | Main Menu The Main 1 menu contains the controls to set the output level of each Monitor Output, enable or disable any adjustable parameters of each output, adjust the master gain level, adjust the left and right levels individually, solo an individual channel, and set a high pass filter frequency for both the left and right channels.
  • Page 99 MONITOR OUTPUT MENU CHAPTER 15 | The Pink Noise Left and Pink Noise Right controls turn the pink noise generator in each channel on or ♦ off. The Left Level and Right Level controls allow you to adjust the output gain of each channel individually ♦...
  • Page 100 MONITOR OUTPUT MENU CHAPTER 15 | In most studios, the left and right speakers are likely to be equidistant from one another and typically ♦ place the talent directly between them. However, in some situations, it may be advantageous to delay either the right or left channel.
  • Page 101 MONITOR OUTPUT MENU CHAPTER 15 | The Channel Coupling menu provides ganged left and right controls for the EQ and Delay circuits. ♦ When enabled, the Common L/R EQ control “couples” the left and right channels together in the ¸ parametric equalizer so that any changes make to the left channel will also be made in the right, eliminating the need to make the same adjustments twice.
  • Page 102 MONITOR OUTPUT MENU CHAPTER 15 | The Monitor Output sections each contain Protection Limiting, a useful feature when performing ♦ speaker calibrations (which are often performed at higher than normal volume levels and can involve radical amounts of parametric equalization in the pursuit of a flat frequency response). When the limiters are active, orange bars in the corresponding volume controls will appear indicating that the master gain should be reduced.
  • Page 103 The Frequency, Width, and Gain sliders operate in the same manner as their counterparts in other ♦ sections of the Omnia.7 in which a parametric equalizer is offered. The Band Min slider sets the point at which any equalization established by the Frequency, Width, and ♦...
  • Page 104 SYSTEM MENU CHAPTER 16 | The System Menu The System menu contains the controls and settings used for “global” parameters such as the input/output configuration, sample rate, time/date settings, IP configuration, and software updates and upgrades. Generally speaking, any control that does not relate directly to processing is found here. There are seven sub-menus within the main System menu: System Status, I/O Options, File Recorder,Time/Date, Scheduling, GPI, and System Configuration.

  • Page 105: System Menu

    I/O Status. System Information Menu The System Information section shows detailed information about Omnia.7’s operation, including CPU load, available RAM, power supply health, up time, and various software, firmware, and hardware versions. The information contained here will typically be requested by support engineers when providing setup or troubleshoot-...
  • Page 106 SYSTEM MENU CHAPTER 16 | Network Information Menu The Network Information section provides IP-related information including the host name, IP address, and MAC address of the unit. It also indicates how many users are remotely connected, the remote port number, and the security level of the current user.
  • Page 107 “get back home” or if you want to clone settings to transfer to another Omnia.7. The controls in these menus operate in the same manner as the Load Preset and Save...

  • Page 108: Input Menu

    In a normal studio environment, Clip Warning should be turned on to keep the operator from overloading Omnia.7’s input. However, if you are in a test environment and feeding a CD player directly into one of the digital inputs, you may wish to turn this control off as clipping present on the CD itself may trigger the Clip Warning.
  • Page 109 The Input Gain control allows you to adjust a variable gain stage after the clip detector and can be used to ♦ boost levels to meet Omnia.7’s reference input level as indicated by a green color on the input meters over a range of 18dB.
  • Page 110 HD-1 signals regularly) will ensure as smooth a transition as possible between the analog and digital signals for listeners with HD receivers. It is also possible to delay the HD-1 audio with the HD Diversity Delay slider. Delaying the HD1 signal by 2 seconds will provide the most accurate and seamless operation of Omnia.7’s Speech Detection circuit.
  • Page 111 CHAPTER 16 | Silence Detection Menu As mentioned earlier in the I/O menu, Omnia.7 can switch over to a secondary input source when audio from the primary source is interrupted. The Silence Detect control determines how long Omnia.7 will wait before switching over to the secondary input source.
  • Page 112 SYSTEM MENU CHAPTER 16 | Main Outputs Menu The System > I/O Options > Main Outputs Menu determines the audio source is present on rear-panel Analog and Digital output connections and provides output levels for each. The Digital: output sources include AM Digital Ouptut, HD, Headphone Out and Speaker Out. ♦...
  • Page 113 When the Air dropdown control is set to “AM Processor Out”, Omnia.7 is on the air. Setting it to “Test Input” places the other processor on the air. Information about the processor feeding the test input can be viewed on Omnia.7’s built-in oscilloscope and other analysis tools.
  • Page 114 The three-band Parametric Equalizer is provided to offset any characteristics or irregularities of the ♦ analog transmitter or any transformers in line after the Omnia.9. The Frequency slider is used to set the center frequency for each band. The range of this control is 20 ¸...
  • Page 115 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”...
  • Page 116 Omnia.7’s clock synchronized. By default, each of the four address fields are populated with pool.ntp.org servers. Omnia.7 will try to connect to the servers in order. If a connection is established and later lost, it will attempt the next server in the list.
  • Page 117 SYSTEM MENU CHAPTER 16 | Scheduling Menu The Scheduling menu allows you to program up to twenty-six (26) day- and time-driven events, including switching Undo presets, changing processing presets for the AM, HD and Studio processing cores, and turning Speech Detection on and off for each core. Info Menu The Info Menu displays events that are currently active (such as A, E, K, M, O) plus the most recent past event.
  • Page 118 SYSTEM MENU CHAPTER 16 | GPI Menu The GPI menu contains sub-menus that allow you to enable or disable GPI functionality and set exactly which functions and behaviors are controlled via GPI. GPI Menu The GPI Enable control is used to turn GPI on or off. Please note that GPI must be disabled in order to edit ♦...
  • Page 119 SYSTEM MENU CHAPTER 16 | For momentary behavior, use two GPI’s for the action as follows: GPI 1 LO - Setting 1 ♦ GPI 1 HI - No change ♦ GPI 2 LO - Setting 2 ♦ GPI 2 HI - No change ♦...
  • Page 120 Processing Paths Menu The MPX Power Control is only applicable to the FM version of Omnia.7. It can be disregarded in the AM version. Streaming Encoders Allows you to set the maximum number of each of the available streaming encoders.

  • Page 121: Power Menu

    The default password is “1234”. Power Menu The Power menu provides a means by which to restart your Omnia.7. Display Timeout menu determines how long the front panel display remains on after it was last used. It ♦...
  • Page 122 CHAPTER 16 | IP Configuration Menu The IP Configuration menu allows you to choose whether Omnia.7 receives its IP address from a DHCP server (the default setting) or is manually assigned a static address. The Use DHCP button allows your local router to assign an IP address to the unit.
  • Page 123 Outbound Connection Menu A full and detailed description of how to remotely connect to Omnia.7 from a computer via NfRemote software is found in Chapter 5 but for now, it is sufficient to understand that normally, an instance of NfRemote running on a remote computer initiates the connection Omnia.7.
  • Page 124 The HTTP Access menu allows you to create a “white list” of allowable IP addresses belonging to network resources that need access to the Omnia.7, such as automation play-out computers. Enter the IP address and subnet mask information using the following example as a guide: ♦...
  • Page 125 The SNMP menu provides the means to enter the information necessary to facilitate communication between Omnia.7 and your SNMP manager. It supports SNMP versions V1 and V2c. The Omnia.7 MIB file is available via the built-in HTTP server on the SNMP Test Page which can be accessed from any white-listed computer on your network.
  • Page 126 Updating software WILL take Omnia.7 off the air, so be sure to switch to your backup processor before beginning the update. If you are using the Omnia.7 NfRemote software, you will also find an option to Upload Software there, a ♦...
  • Page 127 Should you wish to “clone” your Omnia.7, you can do so simply by uploading the file to the second unit instead of configuring each parameter individually, rather like the concept of creating an “image” in computer terms. This is also handy if you (or someone else) accidentally changes something and isn’t sure of the original settings, as...
  • Page 128 “Override” will apply the password stored in the backup file. Generally speaking, if you are working with a single Omnia.7 and need to bring it back to a known good configuration, choose “Override.” If you are copying a custom configuration to another Omnia.7 and want to avoid potential IP conflicts (like duplicate IP addresses) or uploading an unknown password, choose the default value of “Retain”.

  • Page 129: Getting The Sound You Want

    Getting the Sound You Want Quality v. Loudness Omnia.7 is capable of providing sound quality superior to nearly any other processor available today, and is equally capable of being louder than the competition, too. If loudness is your primary goal, you will find that you can match the level of your current processor while getting a much cleaner on-air sound.
  • Page 130 If you are in the Intermediate or Expert modes, there are basically three ways to alter the spectral balance of your sound with Omnia.7, and each provides a different end result: The Parametric Equalizer, the Multiband AGC Targets, and the Band Mix control. Adjustments to each section can produce somewhat similar or very different outcomes depending upon a variety of factors.
  • Page 131 GETTING THE SOUND YOU WANT CHAPTER 17 | Adjusting the Multiband AGC Targets can have a very significant effect on the spectral balance of your ♦ sound as well but there are important factors to consider when adjusting these controls. For example: Raising the target of a particular band can make the audio within that band louder (providing ¸...

  • Page 132: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)

    Input levels are set in the System > I/O Options > Source Adjustment menu. How do I set output levels? If you are using Omnia.7’s digital output, levels are set in in the System > I/O Options > Main Outputs menu. Where is the diversity delay? Omnia.7 provides a “diversity delay”...
  • Page 133 To set up an IP address, navigate to the System > System Config > IP Configuration menu from the front panel. Click on “Use DHCP” to enable Omnia.7 to receive an IP address from your DHCP server. If, after a period of 30-60 seconds, the internal loopback address is still displayed, Omnia.7 isn’t communicating with the DHCP servers and...
  • Page 134 The remote software client (NfRemote) is always available from within Omnia.7 itself and can be retrieved using the built-in HTTP server. Any time you update your Omnia.7 software it is a good idea to update your NfRemote software as well to ensure compatibility.

  • Page 135: Specifications & Warranty

    SPECIFICATIONS AND WARRANTY CHAPTER 19 | Specifications Preliminary specifications at the time this manual was printed are provided here. Frequency Response +/- 0.5dB 20Hz to 15kHz; 16.5kHz in extended mode. ♦ Signal-to-Noise Ratio Greater than -80dBu de-emphasized, 20Hz to 15kHz. ♦...
  • Page 136 SPECIFICATIONS AND WARRANTY CHAPTER 19 | Number of Times Lightning Strikes Earth per Minute 6,000 ♦ External Sync Range 44.1kHz or 48kHz. ♦ Inputs/Outputs Balanced, EMI-filtered, L/R analog input and output on XLR connectors. ♦ AES input and output on XLR connectors, including recognition of external sync signal at 44.1 or 48kHz. ♦...
  • Page 137 SPECIFICATIONS AND WARRANTY CHAPTER 19 | Telos Alliance Limited Warranty This Warranty covers “the Products,” which are defined as the various audio equipment, parts, software and accessories manufactured, sold and/or distributed by or on behalf of TLS Corp. and its affiliated companies, collectively doing business as The Telos Alliance (hereinafter “Telos”).
  • Page 138 SPECIFICATIONS AND WARRANTY CHAPTER 19 | The end user will in all cases be responsible for all duties and taxes associated with the shipment, return and servicing of the warranted Product. No distributor, dealer, or reseller of Telos products is authorized under any circumstances to extend, expand or otherwise modify in any way the warranty provided by Telos, and any attempt to do so is null and void and shall not be effective as against Telos or its Affiliates.
  • Page 139 1241 Superior Ave. • Cleveland, Ohio, 44114, USA • +1.216.241.7225 • TelosAlliance.com © 2016 TLS Corp., All Rights Reserved. C16/15028...

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