Omnia Introduces Processing for HD Radio™
Multicast
New Omnia Multicast invigorates MC streams
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13 September 2005, Cleveland Ohio, USA
Multicasting can produce enormous benefits for HD Radio broadcasters,
allowing them to increase the
number of programs they can deliver to listeners. The problem: slicing
the bit stream into smaller pieces
causes unwanted “codec artifacts” to appear if dynamics processing is
not carefully adapted to multicast’s
low bit rates. The aural effect of these artifacts is a general
“softening of impact” and noticeably fuzzy
high-end.
Problem solved! The new Omnia Multicast audio processor with SENSUS™
technology helps HD Radio
broadcasters deliver multicast audio with all the punch and clarity
Omnia owners have come to expect.
Developed in partnership with the audio coding experts at Telos Systems,
SENSUS is a unique suite of audio
enhancement tools designed especially for multicast. SENSUS predicts the
effects of the HD Radio codec
and intelligently counters the problems. It works to improve fidelity,
reduce artifacts, and optimize audio.
“Broadcasters have been ecstatic about the huge benefits multicasting
could bring to their bottom line,”
says Omnia President Frank Foti. “Imagine, being able to provide three
times the normal amount of
programming! But they’ve also been voicing their concern about the
effects of reduced bandwidth and
artifacts on listeners. HD Radio broadcasters using Omnia Multicast can
rest easy, knowing their audiences
will enjoy consistency, compelling clarity and exciting Omnia punch no
matter which channel they’re
tuned to.”
Here are just a few of the features and benefits included in Omnia
Multicast:
• Exclusive Omnia SENSUS DSP technology conditions audio for HD Radio
multicast, preserving
clarity and dynamic range and dramatically reducing encoding artifacts
• Proven 48 kHz, 24-bit audio processing platform with up to 384 kHz
internal sampling rate
• Three band dynamic peak limiter with unique feed-forward/feedback
design and intermodulation
distortion (IMD) reduction, plus wideband AGC
• Famous Omnia Bass Management EQ with up to 12dB of bass boost
• Simple and flexible remote control via serial, optional Ethernet or
optional dial-up connections
• Accepts digital inputs from 32 kHz to 96 kHz
Omnia Multicast is priced at $4,310.00 US MSRP, and will debut at the
2005 NAB Radio Show in
Philadelphia, September 21-23, Booth 211. For more information, contact
Caroline Dorsey at
+1 216-241-7225, or e-mail dorsey@OmniaAudio.com .
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Omnia, a Telos company, is world-renowned
for its digital audio signal processing expertise. Omnia audio
processors for FM, AM, TV, HD adio & DAB, Internet, and audio producton
are setting new standards for professional audio quality.
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