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poi
nt. The overall stereo sound field will appear wider and be much more consistent sounding between program
sources. The smart Stereo EXP algorithm turns off when a mono program source is present.
Stereo Enh Density
adjusts the speed of the stereo enhancer’s activity. A setting of 11 was the default for this
control in software version 1.03 and earlier. Lower settings allow a subtler effect, working more on the ambience in
the recording.
ENH (Advanced Tab)
The 3 controls in the
Advanced
tab allow some more control over the
bass
enhancement effect.
Bass Thump
tunes a number of behind-the-
scenes
parameters to bring out the
“kick” or “thump”
in
the bass.
Higher settings result
in “punchier” bass
where lower settings maintain
a “smoother” or
“rounder” bass.
Be careful not to use too high of a
setting here since some undesired bass
“clickiness” may occur
at higher settings.
Bass Growl
tunes a number
of behind-the-
scenes
parameters at once to tune the Omnia.11 for the
desired amount of bass. Higher settings c
ause the
bass enhancer
s
in the Basic tab to be more audible
more of the time.
Enhancers Menu (Advanced Tab)
The
Bass Thunder
control activates a sub
-
harmonic bass enhancement effect. Unlike other attempts at this that use
simple frequency divi
ders that provide phony sounding “one note” bass, the sub-
harmonic enhancement here is
locked to the original bass musically, in both frequency and level.
The Bass Thunder control sets mix level of the created sub
-
harmonic bass. At a setting of
-12.0, the minimum
setting, the effect is hardly noticeable. We suggest starting at a setting of about
-
6.0 where the effect is mixed
-in at
about 6dB below the original bass.
Note: When using the Bass Thunder effect, we suggest setting the high
-pass
Filter Freq
setting in the Wide Band /
Advanced tab to 30 Hz. With lower filter settings, sub
-
sonics in the program material can cause a kind of
“fluttering” distortion on vocals and other program material in the presence range.
Thunder Boost
, when ON, gives an extra boost to the level of the Bass Thunder effect. Be careful when using this
because too much bass boost can cause distortion in voices and instrumentation while extremely strong bass is also
present.
Deep Bass Slope
Normally this is set to 12dB/Octave. You
can use the alternative 24dB/Octave setting for
particularly loud presets when higher settings of the
Bass Growl
control are being used and more of the lower
“kick” drum bass and less of the “rounder” bass is desired. It also alters the characteristics of
the Warm Bass as well.
