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andcontrols for thebuiltinMPX testgenerator.Thesecontrolscan alsobefoundin the
OutputmenuoftheFMProcessingsection.
o TheOutputLevelcontrolsgiveyouveryprecisecontrolovertheMPXoutputlevel
of Omnia.9 two MPX outputs, with a range of 30 to +0dB in onehundredth dB
increments.
o TheMPX1andMPX2ModecontrolsallowyoutopasstheinputOmnia.9’sexternal
MPXinputsdirectlythroughtotheoutput,ausefulfeatureifyouwishtocompare
youroldprocessor(oranyprocessorforthatmatter)totheOmnia.9liveontheair.
o TheDiversityDelaycontrolallowsyoutodelaytheFManalogaudiosothatittime
aligns properly with the HD1 audio and provides a smooth, unobtrusive switch
between the two onair signals. Doubleclicking on the slider brings up separate
controlsfor“Coarse,”“Medium,”and“Fine”settings
o TheMPXGeneratorcontrolallowsyouchoosefromseveralkeytesttones.
o Squareisa60Hzsquarewaveusefulforvisualizingtilt.
o QuickSweepisaveryfast1,000–60,000Hzsweepwithaclickbeforeeach
sweep, designed to offer a visual reference as to the high frequency
performanceofyourSTLorexciter.Ifyouweretoconnectanoscilloscope
to a calibrated tuner with MPX output (such as the Belar Wizard, for
example) this is the shape you would see if your STL or exciter had a flat
highfrequencyresponse.Anydeviationfromaflathighfrequencyresponse
meansalossofloudnessand/orstereoseparation.
o 400Hz is a full amplitude sinewavetoallowyoutosetanexact75kHz
deviationwithamodmonitor.
o 0.5 – 5.0 and 0.5 – 30.0 are subsonic sweeps that allow you to see the
extremelowfrequencyresponseofyourairchain.
o 31,187.6Hz,13,586.7Hz,and8,667.4Hzsinewaves–the“BesselNull”tones
–allowyoutosetexact+/75kHzmodulationwithadirectoffairspectrum
analyzer.
FileRecorder
Omnia.9featuresthreebuiltinfilerecordersthatallowsyoutocaptureaudiofromvariouspoints
within the processing chain onto a USB flash drive or hard drive. Before you begin, select the
“Name”inputfieldandassignanametoyournewfile.Thenchoosewhichprocessingcore(FM,HD
1,HD2,HD3,Stream1,Stream2,orStream3)youwouldliketorecord.Next,pickapatchpoint
fromwithintheprocessingchain.Finally,enable“Rec”tostartrecording.
The Vox control, when enabled, pauses recording when no audio is present and has a
selectabletimeoutsetting.