New Omnia at NAB

Hi Leif,
They are both there, In the first round, the Xylophone (the wooden instrument) can be heard at 0:17-0:20 and again from 0:24-0:27 (predominantly in the Right channel) The Glockenspiel (the metal instrument) is from 0:34-0:36, 0:38-0:40 and 0:42-0:45 (center of mix).
In the second round, Xylophone from 1:32-1:35 and 1:39-1:42 and Glockenspiel from 1:49-1:51, 1:53-1:55 and finally from 1:57-2:00.
There are other short bursts of the xylophone too (again mostly in the RH channel) at 0:01.177-0:01.740, 0:04.750-0:05.300, 0:10.039-0:10.600 and 0:11.775-0:12.292.

I understand what you mean about other stuff being in the mix, but to my ear, these do pierce thru the mix quite loudly but like you say, maybe not enough to trouble the processor, on the other hand, it may well trouble other processors and this is what it’s all about here, comparisons…
What we really need is someone with a studio and some percussion instruments to record a dedicated torture test with these instruments only.

Yorkie.

[quote author=”yorkie98″]What we really need is someone with a studio and some percussion instruments to record a dedicated torture test with these instruments only.[/quote]
Mike Oldfield 😉 oh wait, he already did that 😆

jusssssssssst kidding people, just kidding

"Also currently in development are additional tools to measure quantifiable processing elements like: fatigue, distortion, quality, clipper depth and power in each processing band, along with utilitarian functions to log preset history, and detailed system diagnostics."

Is this one of your projects Leif? or is this Omnia’s own?
This sounds like a very interesting tool if it can be purchased standalone.

Yorkie.

[quote author=”JesseG”]Well there’s CGSmooth of course. I too would love to hear Frank and CG both do 1+ more presets for Breakaway. We need some more celebrity presets.[/quote]

EastWind, you listening? 😉

///Leif

[quote author=”JesseG”][quote author=”FrankB”]Breakaway is the only processor that can also handle "Sexy Chick" by Akon & David Guetta!! Nice![/quote]
I was having a good laugh about that topic yesterday, when someone mentioned that song on Radio-Info.[/quote]

I was just listening to the MPX recordings from PFD 2011 through MPX Tool, and I couldn’t help but notice that the Omnia.9 was one of the worst performers on "Sexy Chick". It seems to have a lot of clicks and pops positioned far out in the stereo field when there are both drum beats and "synth tone" (or whatever one could call it) present.
Since the Omnia.9 is running the Breakaway core, I was wondering what could be the cause of this? Is it the MPX clipper, or perhaps Undo that’s doing something it shouldn’t?

Any ideas Jesse or Leif?

Jesse,

Can you shed some light on what the Stokkemasker actually does?

Thanks!

I know exactly what it was — it was the SeeDeClip declipper. It frequently *caused* distortion, especially in the L-R. The declipper I’m using now is infinitely better, and never causes this sort of issue.

///Leif