Forza Meters
Input and Output Meters
The level of the unprocessed source audio is displayed on the Input Meters. The Output Meters show the level of the processed audio.
Wideband AGC Meter
The blue bars show the individual level and activity of the left and right channels of the Wideband AGC.
If the audio has settled into a window where no additional correction is necessary, the meters will turn red and stop moving. When the audio falls below the gate threshold - the point at which any additional increase in gain is undesirable - the meters will remain red and begin moving toward zero.
Note - The range of the "do nothing" window, the gate threshold, and the speed at which the AGC returns to zero once gated are determined by inherent settings in each individual Omnia Preset.
Multiband AGC Meters
The blue bars show the level and activity of each of the five bands in the Multiband AGC. When the audio falls below the gate threshold, the meters will turn red and begin moving toward 0.
The dark gray section at the of the meter marks the maximum allowable gain increase for each band.
Note - The gate threshold, the speed at which the AGC returns to zero once gated, and the maximum allowable gain for each band are determined by inherent settings in each individual Omnia Preset.
Multiband Limiter Meters
The blue bars show the level and activity of each band of the Multiband Limiter.
The floating white bar across all bands indicates the amount of spectral compensation being applied as set by the Spectral Tradeoff control. More variation in the blue bars above this line indicates the limiters have more latitude to alter the spectral balance to provide more consistent loudness and fewer artifacts.
Bass Clipper Meters
The blue bar shows the level and activity of the soft bass clipper. The magenta bar shows the level and activity of the hard bass clipper.
Note - Some Omnia Presets may use only the soft or hard clipper, while others may use both or neither depending on their sonic goals.
Final Limiter Meters
The blue bars show the individual level and activity of the left and right channels of the Final Limiter. The meter is an indicator of actual peak levels, not necessarily of how hard the limiter is being driven. Therefore, its activity may not directly correlate to the audible effects of the limiter.
Sensus® Codec Conditioning Meter
The blue bar shows the amount of Sensus conditioning being applied to dynamically optimize the audio for lossy codecs. When Sensus is disabled by setting the Sensus Conditioning slider to 0, the meter will be grayed out but will still deflect indicating how much activity would be taking place if Sensus were enabled and set to the default level as set by the selected Omnia Preset.
ITU-R BS.1770 Loudness Meter
The blue bar indicates the level and activity of the ITU-R BS.1770-based loudness leveler. The meter turns red when the audio falls below the threshold where additional level correction is necessary to maintain the target output level set by the LUFS control.
The loudness leveler can be enabled and disabled by clicking on the Power button at the top of the meter.
Note - Depending upon how much correction is being performed by the leveler in order to achieve the desired target level, enabling and disabling it may result in sudden output gain changes.
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