Omnia Omnia.9 - Omnia

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Omnia.9HomeScreen&UserInterface
AttheTopofEveryScreen
TheMenuBaratthetopoftheHomeScreenincludestwopulldownmenuswhichbydefaultshow
theCPULoadandthevolumecontrolfortheSpeakerOutput.Eithercontrolcanbesettodisplay
theCPULoad,controlthespeakervolume,orthevolumeoftheheadphoneoutput.
WARNING: Operating additional HD or Streaming processing cores, encoding multiple streams,
connecting multiple remotes, and using more display windows at one time places additional
demandsontheCPU,soasyouemploymoreofthesefeatures,it’sgoodpracticetotakenoteof
theCPUusage.WhenCPUusagereaches65%,theindicatorturnsorangealertingyouthatyou
havereachedapracticalsafemaximum.At75%,theindicatorturnsredtoprovideawarningthat
reducedsystemperformance,includinginterruptionstoprogramaudio,ispossible.
The Speaker Volume control adjusts the output level of whatever audio you have routed to the
SpeakerOutput. Likewise, the HeadphoneVolume control adjuststhe outputlevel ofthe audio
youhaveroutedtotheHeadphoneOutput.DetailsoftheSpeakerOutputandHeadphoneOutput
aredescribedintheMonitorOutputssectionofthismanual.
The Menu button on the front panel has four options:  Displays Only, Lock Front Panel, Expert
Mode,andReinitialize(“Reinit”)Display.
 Selecting Displays Only allows whicheverdisplays you have selectedto occupy the entire
front panel while hiding the controls,usefulwhen you want a more detailed view of the
processing meters or an oscilloscope or FFT display.  Tapping anywhere on the screen
returnsyoutothenormalviewwhichshowsbothdisplaysandcontrols.
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 TheLockFrontPaneloptionallowsyoutolockthefrontpanelifyouhaveenabledpassword
protection.Whenyoulockthescreen,allofthedisplaywindowswillremainvisibleinthe
topportionofthedisplayandthebottomportionwillchangetoacceptyourpasswordvia
theonscreenkeyboard. Depending uponhow youhave resizedthevariousportionsof
the screen, the displays may appear smaller when the unit is locked to ensure sufficient
spaceisreservedfortheonscreenkeyboard.
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 TheDisplayPresetbuttons–numbered1–6–letyoucreateandsavesixseparateHome
screens.Forexample,youmaywishtodevoteonedisplaypresettonothingbuttheUndo
andProcessingMeterstodisplaytheseparametersingreaterdetail.Or,youcoulddevote
anentiredisplaypresetto theoscilloscopeandmonitortheprograminput,the outputof
Undo,theMPXbeforetheclipper,andthefinalMPXoutputtoseewhatthevariousstages
within Omnia.9 are doing to the audio signal. By default, each display preset shows the
Undo Meters in Display 1, the Processing Meters in Display 2, the MPX Output of the