Clipper Highs Menu - Omnia .9 Installation & User Manual

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Slope 1 is filtered at a very low frequency so that the low bass stays "clean" even when clipped hard. However, some of the
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mid-bass will pass through the clipper, which may result in more of the final waveform being taken up by the bass. For
lighter processing settings, Slope 1 offers the cleanest and punchiest bass sound.
The Bass Clipper Threshold control sets the threshold of the Bass Clipper. Raising the threshold (moving the slider to
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the left) reduces the amount of clipping performed by the Bass Clipper, but place a greater burden on the Final Clipper.
Conversely, lowering the threshold (moving the slider to the right) will yield more bass clipping, which takes some of
the load off the Final Clipper, but may result in low frequency distortion if set too low.

Clipper Highs Menu

These controls affect the sound and texture of middle and higher frequencies.
Enabling the Sparkling Highs control preserves the openness and enhances the texture of very high frequencies,
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especially when the incoming program material has a high degree of high frequency content.
Phat Mids warms up and enhances mid-range frequencies, particularly male and lower female voices. Please note that
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"Sparkling Highs" must be enabled for "Phat Mids" to be selectable; if "Phat Mids" is enabled and "Sparkling Highs" is
turned off, the "Phat Mids" indicator will remain yellow and switch back on when "Sparkling Highs" is re-enabled, but
will be grayed out and removed from the audio path until such time.
The Prioritize Mids control emphasizes Mids over Highs when energy levels between the two are equivalent.
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The High Frequency Edge control sets tradeoff between highs that are always clean and free from distortion and a
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consistent high frequency output at the expense of distortion. A setting of "0" will yield the cleanest highs but with less
overall brightness. A setting of "100" will result in a uniformly bright sound but at the risk of more audible distortion, and
sounds more like the original Omnia.9 clipper when pushed for loudness.
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