Omnia Omnia.9 - Making a Nd S Aving C Hanges

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Mostprocessorsuseradioformatnamestotryanddefinetheirsound,butthengoontoexplain
there’snoreasonaRocknRoll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!
MakingandSavingChanges
Humannatureisfickle…thehumanearadaptsandtiresquickly…andOmnia.9ispowerful!With
thosethingsin mind,here aresome recommended “Do’s”and “Don’ts”when makingand saving
changestopresets:
 DOresistthetemptationtoconstantlyfiddlewitheverycontrolrightafteryouputOmnia.9
ontheair.
 DON’Tmakehasty,radicalchanges.
 DON’T make adjustments to too many parameters at once – that makes it difficult to
determinewhich of the adjustmentsis actuallyresponsiblefor the changes(for betteror
worse)you’rehearingontheair.
 DOtakebreakswhenadjustingyourprocessing.Earstirequickly,andifyoustayatittoo
long,you’realmostsuretomakechangesinfluencedbyfatigue.
 DO make small adjustments, particularly to critical controls like Clipper and Limiter
thresholds.
 DOtakethetimetocalibrateasetofhighqualityreferencemonitors(aprocessdescribed
indetailinthismanual)sothatanychangesyoumakearen’tskewedbycolorationsofthe
speakersorroom.
 DON’Trushtheprocess.Usethe“sleeponit”methodwhenyou’vereachedapointwhere
you are mostly satisfied with the sound, and then reevaluateitthenextday.Ifitstill
soundsgood,STOP.Ifitdoesn’t,makeafewadjustmentsandwalkawayforanotherday.
 DOusethe“SaveAs”methodofnamingandsavingyourcustompresetsratherthanover
writingthem.Thiswillallowyoutoreturntoanypointinyouradjustmentsifyougettoo
far“offtrack”andkeepyoufromhavingtoremember(orguess)whatchangesyou’vemade
alongtheway.
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