Adjusting The Agc Mixer - Omnia 6EX Installation And Operation Manual

Use the RTP Speed to set the amount of time it will take the AGC to return to the set platform level. There are four
choices: Freeze, Slow, Med, and Fast. The default setting is Freeze. As mentioned previously, the RTP speed is
slightly affected by the value of the attack time that is set for that band. The opposite is not true: RTP Speed does not
affect the operation of the attack/release functions.
Note: The Freeze setting will keep the gain from decreasing when the band is gated (moving down on the bargraph
meter toward the RTP Level setting) but will not keep it from increasing toward the RTP Level setting when the gate
activates at a gain reduction level higher than the RTP Level setting. For example, if the RTP Level is set to –5 dB
and the gate activates while the amount of gain reduction is 10 dB, the gain will recover to the –5 dB gain reduction
level before it freezes.
Use RTP Level to set the platform level. There are three choices: -5dB, -10dB and –15dB.
Note: For some presets, small changes we made to the compression ratios will affect the displayed value of the RTP.
For instance, if you set the RTP gain value to "-10" but notice that the band gain recovers only to –5 dB when gated,
it is because we have set a slightly lower ratio for that band. Simply use the "-15" setting in this case to have the
gain return to about –10 dB when gated. Note that ratios are critical to the open and musical sound of the Omnia-
6EX, and therefore we do not offer them as user adjustments.
AGC Mixer (Mix)
AGC Mixer Submenu
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This is where all five of the multiband AGC's are
mixed together. Use care in adjusting this section, as
too much level from one particular band may cause
an excessive amount of emphasis to that range of
frequencies. Such adjustment may also drive the
limiter bands in that range of frequencies too hard,
causing the sound to become unnatural, dense, and
squashed. As explained earlier, if your desire is to
"EQ" the sound, you should perform that function
using the drive levels in the AGC or Limiter XO
Parameter Windows. The AGC mixer is primarily
intended for minor "EQ" changes to the overall
sound or for providing a complementary cut to the
AGC Crossover settings to improve consistency (see
AGC XO above).