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Final Limit
The Omnia ONE Studio Pro employs a defeatable final look-ahead limiter to provide absolute precision peak
control. This limiter has been designed to minimize processing side-effects like IM distortion, which are usually
associated with limiters of this type. Using an innovative design that cancels intermodulation products before they
develop allows this limiter to sound extremely transparent.
This type of peak controller is used instead of a clipper because it does not generate the same high levels of
harmonic distortion as a Clipper does. This distortion would cause added difficulties in a coded audio system
because the harmonics generated from the clipping action create added artifacts and workload in the encoder. These
are especially annoying at high frequencies.
There are tradeoffs in how each of these peak controllers sound when they are set to produce added loudness. When
a clipper is pushed, the audio may sound edgier. This is from the added harmonic content. In contrast, the look-
ahead limiter will sound busier, or denser, when more limiting is applied.
Final Limiter (Bypass, Engage)
The final Limiter stage can be bypassed to minimize the delay time through the unit if desired.
When engaged, the Final Limiter adds 2.7 ms of delay.
Please note that when bypassed, short, higher-level signal peaks will be passed through to the
output that would otherwise have been removed by the Final Limiter. Ensure that there is enough
headroom in the equipment following the Omnia ONE or reduce the Omnia ONE's output level as
needed to prevent clipping of the output or overloading the input of the equipment following the
Omnia ONE.
Drive
The Drive control controls the depth of final limiting. The amount of gain-reduction occurring in
the final limiter can be monitored on the Process metering bargraph screen. Note, however, that
this meter cannot show extremely fast action in the limiter, so your ear must be the final judge.
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