Omnia Omnia.9 Installation And Operation Manual

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AppendixB:FactoryPresets
1981A/O92–byJesseGraffam
Designedtocapturethespiritofoneofthemostfamousanalogprocessingsetupsofthe1980’s,
“1981A/O92”isa7bandpresetthatusestightratiosoverthresholdinthelowestbandforstrong
consistentbassregardlessofsourcematerialwithlooserratiosinthemidbandstokeepvocalsand
drumsopen.ItalsotakesadvantageoftheWBAGC2inthe“BassOnly”modetodeliveran
especiallysolidlowendandusestheparametricEQto“preload”thehighswhichthenreceivea
gooddoseoffastcompressionandlimitingtodeliverafamiliarsoundingtopend.Anexcellent,
easytolistentopresetfor70’sand80’sformats.
BarbequeSound–byRobMorsink
Ifyoulikealotof“sizzle”withyourmusic,“BarbequeSound”bringsitonandsendsthehighsout
fronttobenoticed.ThemultibandAGC’suseanInfinite:1ratiounderthresholdandlooserratios
overthreshold,providinghigherdensityinlowerlevelaudioandmoreopennessinloudersounds.
FastmultibandreleasetimesofferupdensityandspectralconsistencywhiletheWBAGC2
operatinginthe“BassOnly”modegiveslowendtransientslikekickdrumssomeextrapunch.
BigBottom–byJesseGraffam
Asthenameimplies,athunderingandbroadlowendisthehallmarkofthis6bandpreset.The
strongbassiscreatedbyacombinationoftheparametricEQ,theWBAGC2in“BassOnly”mode,
andafinalboostintheBandMix.Vocalsarepushedabitfartherbackinthemixinfavorofthe
stronglowend,andInfinite:1ratiosinallbandsofthemultibandAGCatalltimescreatesadense
andconsistentoutput.Ifthere’sbasstobringforwardinthemusic,“BigBottom”willfindit.
BigIron–byJesseGraffam
“BigIron”isa4bandpresetdedicatedtotheglorydaysofradioandemulatesthecharacteristicsof
suchnotablecompressorsastheARTVLAandtheDorroughDAP310.Itprovidesawarm,open,
vocalsoundandwon’tattempttoaggressivelyreequalizetheoriginalspectralbalanceofthe
sourcematerial.ItmakesuseofOmnia.9’smultistageAGCsectionspriortothemultiband
compressorsaswellastheGainReductionOverridefeatureinthemultibandsection.It’s
competitivelyloudonthedial,butstillpunchy.
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Omnia Omnia.9 Specifications

General

Brand	Omnia
Model	Omnia.9
Category	Recording Equipment
Language	English