What happens when you open the mic?

There's no denying that, no matter what your station's format, whether live or automated, voice is a major part of radio programming.

Some will tell you that processing optimized for voice cannot coexist peacefully with processing tailored for music. We believe otherwise. Our algorithm designers have spent countless hours working on voice processing and have incorporated their best ideas into all Omnia processors. From intelligent phase rotators to special dynamics modes that gracefully handle transitions from voice to music and back again. They even developed a groundbreaking de-essing algorithm that mathematically removes sibilance instead of just rolling it off.

The result is audio processing which delivers the best of both worlds. Omnia makes announcers sound smooth, clean and gives them a presence that is both natural and powerful, without sounding like they've been "pushed" to the top of the mix. At the same time, Omnia is careful to preserve the balance between voice and music so that the entire program sounds blended and natural.

Consider what Clear Channel's Greg Savoldi has to say about the vocal presence of the Omnia-6fm: 

"If you’re used to voices and vocals being firmly up front in your current processing, prepare for a change. The “6” tends to relax a bit on voice, resulting in a more natural, clean, “real” sound. This isn’t bad; just different, because you’re hearing the lack of artifacts."

In fact, many of our clients were so impressed by the vocal presence of our on-air processors, they asked us to build those great sounding voice algorithms into a separate product. We responded with ToolVox, powerful DSP microphone processor that's used in TV, recording and voice-over studios, radio production rooms - everywhere voice quality is a critical requirement.

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