Wideband A Gc2 - Omnia .9 Installation And Operation Manual

Wideband A GC2 M enu
The Wideband AGC2 menu provides access to the sidechain delay, maximum gain, maximum gain
reduction, ratio, attack, release, progressive release, target, gate threshold, freeze threshold, and
three-­‐band s idechain p arametric e qualizer c ontrols.
The Omnia.9's Wideband AGC2 control allows you to insert one additional AGC processing
stage i nto t he c hain a s f ollows:
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A Wideband compressor immediately following the Wideband AGC1 section and
just a head o f t he M ultiband A GC a nd L imiters
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A W ideband c ompressor i mmediately f ollowing t he M ultiband A GC a nd L imiters
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A B ass O nly c ompressor i mmediately f ollowing t he M ultiband A GC a nd L imiters
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A Bass Wideband compressor, also immediately following the Multiband AGC and
Limiters
The Sidechain Delay, Maximum Gain, Ratio, Attack speed, Release speed, Target, Gate
Threshold, a nd F reeze T hreshold c ontrols w ork i n t he s ame m anner a s t heir c ounterparts i n
the o ther s ections o f t he O mnia.9. J ust l ike t he W ideband A GC1 s ection, t he M aximum G ain
control i n t he W ideband A GC1 s ection h as a r ange o f24dB.
The W ideband A GC2 c ontrol e nables o r d isables t he W ideband A GC2 s ection a nd a llows y ou
to choose whether it is situated before or after the Multiband AGC section or used as a
dedicated B ass C ompressor.
If y ou u se t he A GC2 a s a B ass C ompressor, i t w ill b e s ituated a fter t he M ultiband s ection b ut
will affect only the lower bands, and allow you to push the bass a bit harder without over-­‐
driving the final clipper or using excessively fast attack and release speeds in the lower
bands o f t he M ultiband A GC.
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Bass Only ("BO") employs a sidechain filter that allows only the audio from the
lower bands to affect gain, so only the lower frequencies are compressed above
threshold.
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