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o Slope2hasahighercutofffrequencythanSlope1,offeringmorecontroloverthemid
basswhilecreatinga“dirtier”basssoundwithmoreharmonics.Oncertainformats,or
whenlisteningonasmallerradio,thismaybeadesirableeffect.
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o Slope1+2issimplySlope1followedbySlope2.Mostofthelowbasswillbecontrolled
bySlope 1and staynice andclean,whiletheremainingbasswillbe takencare ofby
Slope2withoutaffectingthelowbass.Ifyouareusingheavieroverallprocessing,this
optionwillgiveyouthecleanestsound.
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 The Bass Clipper Threshold control sets the threshold of the Bass Clipper.  Raising the
threshold(movingtheslidertotheleft)reducestheamountofclippingperformedbythe
Bass Clipper, but place a greater burden on the Final Clipper.  Conversely, lowering the
threshold(movingtheslidertotheright)willyieldmorebassclipping,whichtakessomeof
theloadofftheFinalClipper,butmayresultinlowfrequencydistortionifsettoolow.
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 The LF Protection Threshold, HF Protection Threshold, and A15 Protection Threshold
controlsadjusttherespectivecliplevelsofthethreeprotectionclipperssituatedaheadof
the final clipper, and help protect low frequencies from influencing high frequencies and
viceversa.Thevariousfrequenciesinthefinalwaveformwillalwaysbevyingforspacein
the final clipper.  Advancing these controls ensures their corresponding frequencies will
always have at least some room reserved in the final clipper.  However, setting the
thresholdstoohighbyadvancingthesecontrolstoomuchwillcausethesoundtobecome
dulland dense.  Thesearevery critical controls and allowyouto determine exactly what
goes into the final clipper.  We strongly recommend listening very carefully to the sound
withyourearsandwatchingthewaveformontheoscilloscopeverycarefullywhensetting
thesecontrols.
 TheLFProtectionThresholdcontrolsfrequenciesbetween0and1,500Hz,thoughaudioin
someofthesefrequencieswillalreadyhavebeendealtwithbythebassclippers.Therange
ofthiscontrolis+0.0to6.0dBinonetenthdBincrements.
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 TheHFProtectionThresholdcontrolsfrequenciesbetween1,500and17,500Hz.Therange
ofthiscontrolis+10.0to+0.0dBinonetenthdBincrements.
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 TheA15ProtectionThresholdcontrolsfrequenciesbetween15,000and17,500Hz.Omnia.9
isquitecapableofpassingaudioinexcessofthetraditional15kHzcutofffoundinotherFM
processorsbecauseofitssuperiorpilotprotection.Alowthresholdsettingof,say,12dB
allowstheseadditionalhighfrequenciestopassthroughwhilemakingsurethepilotiswell
protected.
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 TheL/ROutputBandwidthcontrolallowsyouchoosebetween15kHz,15.5kHz,16kHz,or
17.5kHzfortheL/Routputs.
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 TheMPXOutputBandwidthcontrolgivesyouthechoiceofrunningwith16kHzor17.5kHZ
bandwidth on the composite outputs. Certain modulation monitors may erroneously
indicatepilotmodulationwhensetto17.6kHz,eventhoughnopilotmodulationisactually
takingplace.