Welcome to another edition of "Ask The Omnia Guy", a continuing series of expert answers by the Omnia guy, Paul Kriegler, to real-world questions from our electronic mailbag. Our question:
Q: "Hey Omnia Guy - I have a budget of about $5000 for a new FM audio processor. Is there a solution that falls somewhere between the Omnia VOLT and Omnia.11 that works with my budget?"
A:Yes! The Omnia.9sg. 'But wait', you say, 'isn't Omnia.9sg just a standalone stereo generator? I need a full audio processor!' Well, right you are - except that's not all that Omnia.9sg can do.
Read MoreTopics: Omnia Audio, Radio Audio Processing, Audio Processing, omnia.9sg, broadcast audio processor
Don't Let Bad Sound Bring Your Station Down!
When it comes to winning on the air and via streaming, your broadcast audio processor needs to do one thing, and do it really, really well: Make your station sound incredible. It doesn't matter how many bells and whistles your audio processor has, in the end, your listeners don't care about anything but the quality of your content. That means more than simply creating compelling programming. It is about allowing that content to sounds its absolute best. Crisper, clearer, cleaner, and louder, with less distortion and listener fatigue. So how do you accomplish that? With Omnia, of course.
Read MoreTopics: Omnia Audio, audio processors
xNodes Mark the Spot on Florida's Gulf Coast
Fans of public broadcasting outlets PBS and NPR living in southwestern Florida are served by WGCU, where the TV-FM public broadcaster has operated from the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers for two decades. The station's Director of Engineering, Kevin Trueblood, has likewise been in the broadcast industry for 20 years, though only the last two of those years have been spent at WGCU.
Read MoreTopics: IP Audio Network Routing & Control, Omnia Audio, xNodes
Radio Magazine: Frank Foti on Audio Processing for Broadcast Streaming
When it comes to broadcast streaming, there is a big difference between audio processing for streaming and audio processing for over-the-air. In the February 2017 issue of Radio magazine, Doug Irwin interviewed Frank Foti, along with other audio-processing experts, on how to process audio for broadcast streaming properly, asking them about the design differences between over-the-air processors and those designed for streaming media.
Read MoreTopics: Omnia Audio, Telos Systems, broadcast streaming, Z/IPStream X/2, Z/IPStream 9X/2
Good Things Come in 3.0
Since the introduction of Omnia.11 v 3.0 and G-Force at NAB 2016, there's been a lot of chatter - and a little confusion - in the industry as to the list of enhancements included in these packages. So perhaps we need to clarify what’s going on. For starters, it's that word - packages; Omnia.11 v 3.0 and G-Force are two distinct items. To help clear things up, we went right to the man behind both v 3.0 and G-Force, Telos Alliance Senior Algorithm Developer Cornelius Gould.
Read MoreTopics: Omnia Audio
Air Staff Shines with VOCO 8
With six signals covering parts of Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, the Shine.FM network broadcasts with a Contemporary Christian format, and the slogan 'stronger families, stronger communities'. Shine.FM's Kankakee, Illinois location is just south of the Chicago metropolitan area. The station is not-for-profit, listener supported, and owned by Olivet Nazarene University from Bourbonnais, Illinois.
Read MoreTopics: Omnia Audio