Omnia Omnia.9 - Wideband a GC2

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WidebandAGC2Menu
TheWidebandAGC2menuprovidesaccesstothesidechaindelay,maximumgain,maximumgain
reduction, ratio, attack, release, progressive release, target, gatethreshold,freeze threshold, and
threebandsidechainparametricequalizercontrols.
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 TheOmnia.9’sWidebandAGC2controlallowsyoutoinsertoneadditionalAGCprocessing
stageintothechainasfollows:
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o A Wideband compressor immediately following the Wideband AGC1 section and
justaheadoftheMultibandAGCandLimiters
o AWidebandcompressorimmediatelyfollowingtheMultibandAGCandLimiters
o ABassOnlycompressorimmediatelyfollowingtheMultibandAGCandLimiters
o A Bass Widebandcompressor,alsoimmediatelyfollowingthe MultibandAGC and
Limiters
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 The Sidechain Delay, Maximum Gain, Ratio, Attack speed, Release speed, Target, Gate
Threshold,andFreezeThresholdcontrolsworkinthesamemannerastheircounterpartsin
theothersectionsoftheOmnia.9.JustliketheWidebandAGC1section,theMaximumGain
controlintheWidebandAGC1sectionhasarangeof24dB.
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 TheWidebandAGC2controlenablesordisablestheWidebandAGC2sectionandallowsyou
to choose whether it is situated before or after the Multiband AGC section or used as a
dedicatedBassCompressor.
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 IfyouusetheAGC2asaBassCompressor,itwillbesituatedaftertheMultibandsectionbut
willaffectonlythelowerbands,andallowyoutopushthebassabitharderwithoutover
driving the final clipper or using excessively fast attack and release speeds in the lower
bandsoftheMultibandAGC.
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o Bass Only (“BO”) employs a sidechain filter that allows only the audio from the
lower bands to affect gain, so only the lower frequencies are compressed above
threshold.
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