Final
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The Final menu contains the controls that manage Forza's final processing stages and output level.
Bandwidth: Sets the cutoff of the output lowpass filter. Streaming audio typically relies upon the use of lossy codecs that discard bits of data in order to reduce the required bandwidth. The effects of such data compression, especially when using less capable codecs and lower bitrates, can become audible in the higher frequencies. Adjusting the Bandwidth control to filter out frequencies above a certain threshold can help minimize such artifacts, though at the expense of dulling the sound.
Sensus Conditioning: Sets the frequency range of the dynamic conditioning applied to the audio to help mitigate audible coding artifacts, much like the "Sensus Frequency" control in the Omnia.11 processor.
Higher settings increase the available range to include lower frequencies, allowing the algorithm to react to more of the audio spectrum.
Lower settings decrease the range, allowing the algorithm to work on a narrower portion of the audio spectrum more limited to higher frequencies.
Setting this control to "0" disables codec conditioning altogether.
LUFS Target: Sets the desired loudness target for the ITU-R BS.1770 LUFS/LKFS loudness controller. The main Forza algorithm provides very consistent output levels, but variations in the energy and texture of the source material can still cause variations in excess of what is tolerable on a particular streaming platform or service. The loudness leveler measures and adjusts the output level to ensure a consistent "set and forget" long-term loudness target.
Note - The loudness controller can be disabled entirely where strict long-term loudness management is not required by clicking on the "Power" button at the top of the BS.1770 meter.
Peak Target: Sets the highest allowable peak value to prevent overshoots which can cause distortion at the output of Forza or at the input to downstream encoders.
Final Drive: Adjusts the drive to the Bass Clipper and the Final Limiter.
Higher settings will result in increased loudness and density, but care must be taken when making adjustments here since the affected parameters are at the very end of the processing path.
