Clipper Lows Menu - Omnia .9 Installation & User Manual

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Clipper Lows Menu

These controls affect the texture and feel of the bass clipper and are sub-divided into two groups:
Bass Intermodulation Protection and Bass Shape.
The controls in the Bass Intermodulation Protection section are primarily responsible for distortion management,
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particularly intermod distortion, and for the behavior of the bass clipper. Unless you specifically want the presence of
intermodulation distortion (where strong low frequency material can attenuate or audibly distort higher frequencies)
we strongly recommend the "Intermod Distortion Protection" control be left enabled.
The Clip Threshold control is the point at which bass clipping will occur under normal circumstances and is analogous
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to a traditional "bass clipper threshold" control. When bass at the level set by the "Clip Threshold" control would cause
audible IM distortion, it will instead be clipped at the point determined by the "Protection Threshold" control. Note that
if both the "Clip Threshold" and "Protection Threshold" controls are set to the same value, the bass clipper will operate in
the traditional manner with a fixed threshold in all cases.
The Punch Threshold control allows the initial edge of the bass waveform to be clipped at a different threshold for extra
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bass punch; the amount of time this threshold is active is determined by the "Punch Duration" slider.
The controls in the Bass Shape menu help set the "texture" of the bass.
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Unlike most bass clippers, the one in Omnia.9 can (but does not have to) create a square wave when processing strong
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low frequency content. Setting the "Bass Shape Strength" control at 0 will always prevent square waving the bass
resulting in a very smooth low end texture, but one that does not offer the "slam" of a traditional Omnia clipper even
on the initial peak of a bass transient waveform. Advancing the control toward 100 will produce more square waves,
increasing the bass "punch" and overall loudness, but at the possible expense of more distortion in the low end.
The Bass Shape Frequency control sets the frequency of the highest harmonic produced by the bass clipper. Higher
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settings will produce more and higher harmonics and create a more complex and frequency-rich bass sound.
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