Omnia Omnia.9 - Parametric E Qualizer; Downward E Xpanders

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ParametricEqualizerMenu
TheParametricEqualizermenuallowsyoutosetupthe6bandphaselinearparametricequalizer,
whichislocatedjustaheadofthemultibandsectionoftheprocessingcore.
 TheFrequencysliderisusedtosetthecenterfrequencyforeachband.Therangeofthis
controlis20to22,050Hz.
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 TheWidth sliderdetermineshow much audioabove andbelow thecenterfrequencywill
alsobeaffectedbyanyboostsorcutsingain.Therangeofthiscontrolis0.0to10.0octaves
inonetenthoctaveincrements.Lowervaluesprovidea narrower(sharper)boostor cut,
whilehighervaluesprovideawider(gentler)boostorcut.
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 The Gain slider determines how much the audio selected with a combination of the
FrequencyandWidthslidersisboostedorcut.Eachbandcanbeboostedorcutby12dBin
onequarterdBincrementsforatotalrangeof24dbperband.
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Althoughchangesmade intheparametricequalizersectionareoffsetsomewhat bythe actionof
themultibandcompressorsthatfollow,thisdoesnotoccurtothedegreeyoumightexpectbased
upon your experience with other processors.   The parametric equalizer in Omnia.9 is a very
versatileandpowerfultoolforcreatingyouronairsound.AvisualrepresentationofthePEQusing
thebuiltinRTAcanbeseenintheRTAportionoftheDisplaySettingssectionofthismanual.
DownwardExpandersMenu
The Downward Expanders menu allows you to control the maximum gain reduction (downward
expansion) forall bands in the DownwardExpanders sectionas well as thethreshold, attackand
release speeds for each individual band.  The total number of bands available in the Downward
ExpanderssectionisdeterminedbythenumberofbandsofprocessingusedintheCurrentPreset.
TheDownwardExpandersoperatesinamannersimilartoatraditional“noisegate,”andareuseful
forreducingunwantedbackgroundnoisefromlessthanperfectprogrammaterialorfromanoisy
studioenvironment.