Streaming audio can sound great with Omnia.

Low bit rate encoders pose unique challenges to audio processors. Encoders must allocate bits according to the dynamic spectral characteristics of the program audio. By controlling dynamics and spectral balance, a processor placed in the signal chain ahead of the encoder can work wonders to create consistency, enhance clarity, and remove some of the often-present low bit rate ‘fuzz’.

But, in order to be effective, the processor must take into account the nature of the bit allocation procedure within the encoder. 

Telos and Omnia have years of experience in the science of optimizing audio for use with bit-reduced codecs. We introduced the use of DSP for broadcast telephone applications, led the way with MP3 for  US broadcasters in the groundbreaking Zephyr ISDN Transceiver, and pioneered Low-Delay MPEG AAC in the Zephyr Xstream.

Using this knowledge and experience, Omnia has developed  hardware and software products that reduce the artifacts encoders can produce at low bit rates. Internet listeners are often at their desks for many hours at a time, so they demand quality streaming audio. 

And as with traditional radio broadcasting, the better the audio, the longer they listen.

Your bit-reduced audio will explode with power thanks to special processing that compensates for reduced bit rates and brings the winning Omnia sound—chosen by programmers in the world’s top markets—to Web audio.

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