Omnia Omnia.9 - Clipper

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ClipperMenu
The Clipper Menu provides control over the stereo mode (Single or DoubleSideband), final clip
drive,preemphasislevel,bassclipperslope,bassclipperthreshold,lowfrequencyprotection,high
frequencyprotection,A15protection,L/ROutputbandwidth,andMPXAudiobandwidth.
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 The Stereo Mode control allows you tochoose between singlesideband(SSB) or double
sideband(DSB)operation.
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 TheFinalClipDrivecontrolsetsthedriveofthefinalclipper.Decreasingthedrive(moving
the slider to the left) reduces the amount of clipping.  Conversely, increasing the drive
(movingtheslidertotheright)willresultinmoreclipping.Lessclippingwillresultinamore
open,lessprocessed,cleanersound,butattheexpenseofoverallloudness.Moreclipping
canresultinalouderonairsound–butonlyuptoapoint.Eveniftotaldialdominationand
loudness are your processing goals, there comes a point when the final wave form is
completely full, and increasing the amount of clipping will no longer yield additional
loudness–onlymoredistortion.
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We strongly recommend using Omnia.9’s oscilloscope as well as your ears to monitor the MPX
Output signal while adjusting the final clip drive.  This control ranges from 6.0 to +6.0 in one
quarterdBincrements,whichshouldgiveyouthe(correct)impressionthatsmallchangesmakea
bigdifferenceinthesound.Keepinmindthatasettingof+0.00meansthecontrolisatthemiddle
ofitsrange,butdoesnotnecessarilymeanthatnoclippingistakingplace.
 ThePreEmphasiscontrolsallowsyoutoselectapreemphasiscurveofeither50or75us,
dependinguponthecountryinwhichOmnia.9isbeingused.
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 TheBassClipperSlopecontroldeterminestheslopecharacteristicsofthebassclipper.
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o Slope1isfilteredataverylowfrequencysothatthelowbassstays“clean”evenwhen
clippedhard.However,someofthemidpasswillpassthroughtheclipper,whichmay
resultinmoreofthefinalwaveformbeingtakenupbythebass.Forlighterprocessing
settings,Slope1offersthecleanestandpunchiestbasssound.
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