Omnia Omnia.9 - Multiband a Ttack;Release

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 TheProgressiveReleasecontroldeterminesthedegreetowhichtheMultibandcompressor
releases its gain at a faster rate when the audio is driven further toward or into gain
reduction.Atasettingof 0,the controlhas no effect andtheReleasespeed controlfully
determines the rate of release both below and above threshold.  Increasing the setting
progressivelymakesthereleasespeedoftheaudiofasterasgaindecreases
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 The Gate Threshold and Freeze Threshold control
sworkinthesamemannerastheir
counterpartsintheothersectionsoftheOmnia.9.
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 TheGainReductionRatioOverrideandGainReductionRatiocontrolsworktogethertolet
yousetadifferentratioforeachbandwhenaudiointhatbandcrossesabovethreshold–
thatis,whenitisdrivenintogainreduction.Theratioforaudiobelowthresholdisalways
determined by the Ratio control for all bands.Specifically, the Gain Reduction Ratio
Override controlenables or disables the Gain ReductionRatio controls, which are sliders
thatletyousettheratioofaudioabovethresholdfrom1:1toInf:1.
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ItisworthmentioningagainheretheimportanceofaconceptuniquetoOmnia.9.Most(ifnotall)
otherprocessors“topoutat0”–thatis,theyconstantlyoperateinastateofgainreduction,and
oncetheaudiofallsbelowthreshold,theycannolongerincreaseitanyfurther.Tomakeupforthe
factthattheyarecapableonlyofreducinggain,theyrelyupona“makeupgain”controlsomewhere
downstream in the audio chain to get the levels back up.  Omnia.9 is not only capable of gain
reduction–thatis,drivingaudiolevelsabovethresholdasotherprocessorsdo–butisalsocapable
of increasing gain below threshold, which makes it possible to employ powerful controls like
ProgressiveReleaseandGainReductionRatioOverride.
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MultibandAttack/ReleaseMenu
TheMultibandAttack/ReleasesectionletsyoucontroltheAttackSpeedandReleaseSpeedofeach
bandinthemultibandAGCsection.
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