General Processing Advice; Know Your Goals; Tweaking And Fiddling; Choosing A Preset - Omnia .9 Installation & User Manual

GENERAL PROCESSING ADVICE

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General Processing Advice

Know Your Goals

The first step to successful processing – and this applies to ANY processor, not just Omnia.9 - is defining your goals. Whatever
those goals are, Omnia.9 is capable of getting you there.
You may wish to maintain as much quality as possible while increasing loudness somewhat over your existing processor. You
might want to create very consistent source-to-source spectral balance and develop a "signature sound" for your station. You
may find yourself in a situation where you need to stay competitively loud on the dial at the expense of the best possible sound.
Or you may have the luxury of aiming for a more open, cleaner sound that will draw and keep listeners for longer periods of
time without having to worry about all-out loudness.
In any case, it is best to start with a goal in mind and work toward it carefully and deliberately.

Tweaking and Fiddling

One big temptation when installing a new processor is fiddling with every available control, and there is no shortage of those
in Omnia.9! There's really no better way to find out what each control does, but experimentation and exploration are probably
best done "on the bench" before you put your new acquisition on the air. That way, you're free to tweak away without having to
worry about jeopardizing your on-air sound or being unnecessarily timid about making adjustments because you don't know
what affect they will have.
Another suggestion for getting to know your way around Omnia.9 is to find a factory preset that you like and then go exploring
in the various menus to see how that sound was achieved. For example, let's say you find a preset with a smooth, open sound
which matches your general processing goal. As you explore, you might find some controls set as you would expect to deliver
that sound, but you may also find some unexpected settings that make more creative use of Omnia.9's controls. There is much
to be learned by studying.
Once you are comfortable with navigating through Omnia.9's menus and have a good understanding of how its controls
operate, you're ready to take it for a test drive on the air.

Choosing a Preset

Regardless of whether you end up using a supplied preset "as-is" or make adjustments to customize your sound, you must
start with one of the factory presets. We recommend you find one that most closely matches your goals and then make any
modifications from there as needed.
Many processors use radio format names to try and define their preset's sound but then go on to explain there's no reason
a rock station shouldn't try out the "Country" preset – which is very true. As a rule, Omnia.9 takes a deliberately different
approach and most of its presets don't give you any hint as to who should use them (or how) in the hopes that you'll "step out
of your box" a bit and explore.
If your Country station sounds great on the air with settings that might mimic an "Urban" preset - with a slamming low end and
a nice open mid-range – the last thing we want to do is make you second guess yourself because the preset name doesn't match.