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Omnia ONE Multicast Audio Processor with ® Installation and Operation Manual Version 0.9i / March 2007 Applicable to v1.0 Release Software A Telos Company Omnia ● 2101 Superior Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114 USA TEL: +1 216.241.7225 ● FAX: +1 216.241.4103 ● Em ail info@omniaaudio.com www.om niaaudio.com Omnia Europe ● Johannistrabe 6 D-85354[...]

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January, 2007 Welcome to Omnia.ONE! I wish to offer my sincere gra t i t ude on be hal f of our compa ny and welc o m e you to Om ni a.ONE! This manual was assembled by a dedi cated team of specialists who were i nstrumental in the developme nt of our newest product, Omnia.ONE. Thi s is our ne xt step in the never-e nding que st to buil d the best [...]

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OmniaONE Quick-Start Setup We know that you’re pro bably in a hu rry to begi n using y our new OmniaONE M ulticast. If y ou have technical expe rtise and p revious kno wledge of audi o processor f undamental s, using our Nine-Point Quick- Start will get you up and running as qu ickly as possibl e. Please refer to the remainder of the Operating Gu[...]

OmniaONE Multicast - Use and Op eration Manual – Version 0.90 6 Table Of Contents Welcome to Omnia.ONE! .............................................................................................. 3 OmniaONE Quick-Start Setup ........................................................................................ 5 Sensus ® Technology: Audio P[...]

OmniaONE Multicast - Use and Op eration Manual – Version 0.90 7 Chapter-4: Main Menu Selections ................................................................................. 31 Preset ........................................................................................................................ 31 Processing .........................[...]

OmniaONE Multicast - Use and Op eration Manual – Version 0.90 8 Appendix A: Performance Specifications ..................................................................... 49 Appendix B: Troubleshooting/Service/Warranty ........................................................ 53 Diagnostic and Error Messages .....................................[...]

.Multicast Sensus ® Technology: Audio Processing x3 Overview Until now, digital signal processing has been a m ore precise numeric implem entation of well-known analog methods. Even relatively recently designed digital audio processors couldn’t veer too far from the comparatively simplistic concepts th at analog dynamics processing had utilized?[...]

OmniaONE Multicast - Use and Op eration Manual – Version 0.90 10 and bandwidth limiting methods that were required fo r analog broadcasting, as well as for the signal normalization techniques used in recording and mastering. Audio codecs on the other hand are moving target s - each cod ec algorithm has its own set of artifacts. So not only does t[...]

OmniaONE Multicast - Use and Op eration Manual – Version 0.90 11 So… what’s so smart about Sensus ® ? The fact is, Sensus ® is smart. In real tim e it predicts program content that will be troublesome f or the codec, and by modifying it’s own algorithms can make appropriate changes to the program material before it ever reaches the co dec[...]

OmniaONE Multicast - Use and Op eration Manual – Version 0.90 12 S A F E T Y I N S T R U C T I O N S 1. Read All Instructions. All safety and operating instructions must be read before operating the product. 2. Retain All Instructions. All safety and operating instructions must be retained for fu ture reference. 3. Heed All Warnings. All warnings[...]

HAZARD / WARNING LABELS The Exclamation Point symbol, within an equilateral triangle, alerts the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in product literature and instruction manuals. The Lightning Flash With Arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, alerts the user to the presence of non- insula[...]

CE CONFORMANCE – This device complies with the requirements of the EEC Council Directives: 93/68/EEC (CE Marking ); 73/23/EEC (Safety – low vo ltage directive); 89/336/EEC (electromagnetic compatibility ). Conformity is declared to those standards: EN50081-1, EN50082-1. LITHIUM BATTERY CAUTION – There is a danger of expl osion if the internal[...]

Manual Update Notification Audio Processing – a unique art form that we take very seriously! As part of our dedication to the sc ience of audio processing we will continue to improve and update the Omnia product and its documentation based on our ongoing research, real-world field experience, and the valued input from our many thousands of loyal [...]

Chapter-1: Installation Pre-Installation Tasks Please take a few minutes to read throug h this chapter before proceeding with the installation. This section offers common procedures f or i nstal l i ng yo u r new Om niaONE processor . About This Manual This manual is written to cov er the Omn iaONE Multicas t. If you are setting up a di fferent ver[...]

Installation & Connections Throughout this section reference is made to “software pa rameters.” These are part of the User Interface, which is covered in detail in Ch ap ter 2. Rack Mounting The OmniaONE requires one RU (1.75" [4 4.45 mm]) of rac k space. Rack mount the unit using four rack screws. If only two screws are goi ng to be u[...]

Rear Panel Connections Analog Audio Inputs and Outputs Balanced XLR -type connectors a re used as input c onnectors for the a nalog audio. Both analog and digital i nput sources may be connected si multaneousl y, however , only the i nput source that has been sel ected is active. Analog/Digital/Livewire Input sou r ce selection is done through the [...]

AES/EBU Digital Input, AES/EBU Extern al Sync Input, and AES/EBU Output The digital AES/EBU (AES-3) inputs (IN and EXT. SYN C) use industry-familiar RJ-45 connectors and utilize the StudioHUB+ wi ri ng standar d 1 . T hey accept any sampling rate bet ween 32kHz and 96kHz. No user adjustment of the sample rate is necessary on the AES-3 input as a hi[...]

RS-232 Modem Connection (DB-9F) This DB9- female conn ector can be used to co nnect an ex ternal dialup modem for a bi -directional computer remote control c onnection. 1 NOTE: This connector is for a remote con tro l extern al modem connection onl y. Please see Appendix B for information on how to use a terminal progr am alon g w ith an internal R[...]

General Purpose Interface (GPI) (DB-9M) This DB9-male connector serves as a four-input, optoisol ated interface to the Omnia' s int ernal trigger script functions. Fo ur of the pins are “t rigger” input s, four are “ ground” an d the remainin g pin is +5V power. T he trigger inputs can b e used to dynamically alter the OmniaONE’s ope[...]

Chapter-2: Getting To Know Your OmniaONE The OmniaONE User Interface Now that yo ur OmniaO NE is rack-mou nt ed, connected to a program audio source, and t urned on, you’re ready to learn how to operate it! This chapter co vers the Front Panel User In terf ace, your window into th e OmniaONE processor. A front panel jog-wheel with in tegral push [...]

Audio I/O Level Display Either input o r output le vels can be displaye d. The highest LED illumi nated indicates digital sample-ac curate peak signal levels . The meters are c alibrated i n decibels bel ow full scale di gital (0 dBF S), which i s the absolut e maximum level in the digital do m ain. Audio I/O Level Display Processing Meter Display [...]

Using the Jog Wheel The main user control for t he OmniaO NE is the easy to use jog w heel with its i ntegral push-s witch. Usin g the control is both intuitive and efficien t, making it easy to navigate the menu structure of the OmniaON E. Processing changes and sy stem adjustment s can be quic kly made with ease without h aving to reme mber multi[...]

Main Menu The OmniaONE menu system has been designed t o be intu itive and simple to use. Mo st operating parameters are found under one of the men u headings and sub-heading s, allowing adjustments to be made quick ly and with ease. Rotating the jog-wheel sequentially hi ghlights each menu item in turn. When the jog wheel is presse d inward (cli c[...]

¾ The factory default selection for Input So urce is Analog . To change the input selection to AES/EBU dig ital, rotate the jog-wheel until [AES/EBU] is displayed and click. If you are using th e analog inputs, rotate the jog wheel to displa y [Analog] and click to reselect the analog inputs. ¾ To return to the top level of the Main Menu, rotate [...]

Chapter-3: Getting The Sound You Want In general, ap plications re quiring a udio processi ng prior to a codec don’t r ely heavily o n absolute lou dness for their overall succe ss. Loudness i s still important o f course – y ou do want to be hear d – but it is not the most importa nt thing. It has been well est ablished that codecs ge nerall[...]

The followin g sections are pr ovided to assi st you i n designing t he personali ty of your so und. As we sai d earlier, there is no precise recipe fo r setting up audio processing because each appl ication is different. However there are a few basics that we can share wit h you t hat ca n hel p get yo u to whe re you want t o go. Set t i ng up pr[...]

Some users pre fer their pr ocessing to be perceptibly lou d but very d ynamic. While t his may not result in t he loudest sound, it gives the illusion of competitive loudness wh ile still retainin g a lot of detail and clarity. To achiev e this sound you sho uld target most adjustments t o the Limiter sections, an d avoid hea vy use of the Fi nal [...]

The last option, adjusting the Mixer , is d esigned to provid e a final minor trim to the audio spect rum. Since this stage is after all of the dynamic multi-band AGC and Peak Limiting, a radical change in level in the Mixer could result in excessive look-ahea d final lim iting in that band’s fre quency range. We suggest that a ny changes im plem[...]

Chapter-4: Main Menu Selections This section presents an overview of the five Main Menu items, ( Preset:, Processing , Input/Output , Administrativ e and Lock Fro nt Pa nel ) their submenus (if any), and details about each of the adj ustable controls within. Preset OmniaONE is equipped wi th a selection of factory preset s that can be u sed to inst[...]

Save Preset This option saves any c hanges you have made to the c urrently running preset into the Omni aONE’s no n-volatile memory. Changes ca n be saved over an exis ting user p reset (with out rena ming it) or a s a new user preset with a new name. You may not save a factory preset over itself with the same name and attempting this will genera[...]

Rename Preset A preset in the list of store d us er presets can be renamed at any time. Fact or y pre sets cannot be rename d. To rename a user preset highli ght Rename Preset and click. Rotate the jog wheel to display th e preset to be renamed and cl ick. Edit the preset name as described above in the Save Preset section. To exit without ren aming[...]

WB AGC (Bypass, Engage) The wideba nd Automatic Gai n Control (AGC) stage can be bypassed if desired, although more consistency is achieved when this stag e is used. AGC Drv (AGC Drive) This control adjusts the amoun t of drive to th e wideband AGC stage . In creasing the driv e causes deeper compression to be ac hieved, and deeper compression allo[...]

not actually ca pable of prod ucing because t h e human brain equates t he presence of l ow frequenc y harmonics to the missing fundamentals th at the sma ll speaker is unable to reproduc e. On sy stems with larger speakers, the effect of Phat Bass becomes subtler because the extended frequency response of those systems allows the fundamental s of [...]

The release control adjusts how fast the AGC r ecovers fr om periods of m ore gain red uction when the input audio levels fall. Faster releas e times (higher numb er s) re sult in a more dens e sound. Even t hough the O mnia uses pr ogram controll ed release algorit hms, setting t he control f or extremely fast release times c an result in ‘pumpi[...]

The attack control adjusts how fast the limiter re sponds to su dden increases i n audio le vel, and higher numbers equate to faster response times. Faste r attack time s reduce the transient nature of the input audio, while slow er attack times improve it. Extremely sl ow attack times must be used with caution because allowances must be ma de in t[...]

Adjusts the output leve l of the presen ce band limiter into the overall mix. Higher numbers result in more presence fre quencies a nd too muc h mix level ca n make the f ollowing final limiter work unnecessarily hard. Hi Band Adjusts the output leve l of the h igh band limiter into the overall mix. Higher numbers result in more high fre quencies a[...]

Final Limit Drive The Drive cont rol cont rols the de pth of fi nal limit ing. The amount of gain- reduction occu rring in the final lim iter can be m onitored o n the Process meteri ng bargraph screen. Not e, however , that this meter cannot show extremely fast action in the limiter, s o your ear m ust be the final judge. LPF Freq (Low Pass Filter[...]

1 The Nyquist Theorem states t hat the maximum frequency t hat may be a pplied to a sam pled data s ystem is one half the sampling frequency. Whe n signals bey ond half the sam pling freque ncy are present, aliasin g occurs which causes t he appearance of an inverted spectral image of the audio s pectrum to be “ folded a round” t he lower side [...]

Mtr Select (Meter Select) Selects whether the Input levels or Output l evels are displ ayed on the front panel L & R LED bar graph meters. Please note that in the initial release software the mete rs when set to monitor Output levels will on ly monitor the analog outputs . Input There are nine controls under the heading “Input” and each wil[...]

Allows a +/-3dB adjustmen t of the righ t digital audio chan nel gain t o correct minor left/ right balance proble ms in the input audio. T he left channel digital input gain is not affected by this control an d is set using t h e master AES Level contr ol previously desc ribed. Invert Permits audi o phase in version to be perfor med in the f ollow[...]

Configures the DSP processi ng chain to s wap the Left a nd Right int ernal channels, that is, the DSP Le ft Channel is fed from R ight Channel input and t he DSP Right Channel is fed from the Left Channel input. N ote that th is selection is active in all sources selected as Primary a nd Secondary (Fa ilover) audi o sources. <-Exit Click on thi[...]

Slaves the output sample rate to the sample rate pr esent on the Omnia’s AES SYNC input. Synchronizatio n is possible over a range of sample rates from 32k H z to 96kHz. <-Exit Click on this option to return to the Input/Output submenu. Bypass [Process] This is the normal default setting where all processing will be active. [Bypass] This setti[...]

appears. Now rotate the knob to select the desired c haracter for it and click to accept . (Note that this inserts a new character before the one select ed, a nd keeps the origina lly selected character intact as what it was before c hoosing "^") When you are fin ished, simply rotate the knob cloc kwise with the curso r in “select” mo[...]

Several maintenance and utility fun ctions are found in this subm en u including various Security op tions to prev ent tampering by unauthorized personn el, TCP/IP networking parameters and other system-wide p arameters. About Presents a dial og displayi ng the Omni aONE softwa re style, firm ware relea se version a nd front panel software version [...]

[Enabled] Enables remote control access. [Disabled] Disables remote control access. Enter Password Sets the password for both the fr ont panel and remote co ntrol access. The default password is “ omnia” (all lower case) To change the passwor d highlight Enter P assword and click. The Name field will be automatically high lighted with <none&[...]

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Appendix A: Performance Specifications OmniaONE Multicast As of January 2007 – Version 0.9 Software Note: All measurements m ade using "Bypass" m ode, which is available in the Input/Output Submenu. General Audio Specifications Frequency Response: ± 0.50 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz with high pass filter disabled. Distortion: Less than 0.05% TH[...]

Digital Audio Input: Configuration: Two-chan nel stereo per AES3 standard via CS8420 Digital Audio Transceiver with 24-bit resolution. Software selection of stereo, mono from left, mono from right or mono from sum. Autom atically accepts sample rates between 24 kHz and 96 kHz. Connector: EMI-suppressed RJ-45 female pinned according to StudioHub+ ®[...]

Power Requirements: Voltage: 100-250 VAC, 47-63 Hz. Less than 25 VA. Power Connector: EMI suppressed IEC male. Detachable 3-wire power cords supplied for US and European use. Power Supply: Internal. Overvolta ge and short circuit protected. Meets EN55022, EN55011 Level B Conducted Emissions. EN61000-4-2, -3, -4, -5, -6 level 3 immunity compliant. F[...]

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Appendix B: Troubleshooting/Service/Warranty Operational p roblems wi th the OmniaONE can sometimes be diagnose d using the RS -232 serial po rt located i nside the top cover of the unit (NOTE: Th is is not the rear panel “RS-232 MODEM” connector) and a common terminal communications pr o gra m. D e ta i l ed informa tion about the Om ni a&apos[...]

Electrical and mechanical safety note! When the Omnia is operated with its c hassis top cove r removed, you are exp osed to pote ntially let hal voltages. OmniaONE Multicast - Use and Op eration Manual – Version 0.90 54[...]

Before attempt ing to make voltage meas urements, be forewa rned that t he power supply h eat sinks are connected to the AC power line. Avoid these areas whene ver the AC power cable is attached to t he Omnia. Never attempt to make measurement s when the powe r supply 's safety cove r is removed. When reinstalling the top cover, make certain t[...]

Obtaining Service • Omnia Custom er Support personnel a re available i n Cleveland, Ohi o , USA, Mo nday through Friday between 9:00 A.M. and 6:0 0 P.M ., Easter n Ti me. If outside the U.S.A., pleas e contact the dealer you purchased yo ur Omnia fr om. • Before contact ing Omnia Cust omer Supp ort, please have the serial n umber of the unit (l[...]

Warranty This Warranty covers "the Products," w hich are defi ned as the v arious audio eq uipment, parts, so ftware and accessories m anufactured, sold and/or distribut ed by TLS Cor p., d/b/a Omnia (hereinafter "Omnia"). With the exception of software -only items, the Products are warranted to be free from defects in material [...]

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Appendix C: Remote Control & Software Update Procedure Remote Control Please note that the Remote Co n trol and Trigger Script fu nctional ity are no t yet impleme nted in the c urrent soft ware but will be available w ith a free downloadable software update. Please check the Omnia website for new software announcement s, download l inks and ma[...]

“Performing a n update req uires the cont rols and mete rs for the au dio proc essor to be st opped. On -air audio will not be interrupted during the update. However, a reboot is required to activate the n ew so ftware, and this will interrup t the au dio. At the end of the process, you will h ave the option to ch ang e the current boot bank (to [...]

8. If your back but t on wo r ked, se lect th e link: “ Select New Software (C onfi guratio n Page )” If n ot, log bac k into the Omnia (d efault password is “omnia” (all lowe r case) and from the Main Men u or the na vigation menu at the top of the scree n, select “ Configuration ”. 9. A reboot is required to activate the new software,[...]