Has anyone played with / heard this ? Thoughts ?
Honestly, it matters because a client is asking about it, and I wanted to provide the most accurate information possible. I told them not to necessarily run out and buy the upgrade but they are still curious. I'm sure we've all worked with groups / owners / mangers / executives like that.
I find it difficult to believe that multiple, complex, clipped waveforms can be "reconstructed" in real time to render anything close to the original waveforms. This is snake oil. Listen to the "de-clipped" audio and then tell me it works. I have heard it...garbage in is still garbage out.
Should you upgrade the Omnia? If you like the DSPXtra, no. There's no point to changing processing unless there's something you feel you need to accomplish. There are lots of stations that still get by just fine with old 8100s. They like how they sound and don't feel any competitive reason to hit the gas any harder.
I have several early DSPXtra models on the shelf here and, and I like pretty much everything about them, except the clipper. Compared to other processors, it's a bit harsh to my ears. it's all subjective though. if you like the DSPXtra, keep it. It's a pretty decent box.
Most of today's processors do not work in real time. They use a delay loop for the "real" audio which is processed based on instructions sent upon analysis of the real time audio. So an analysis of the waveforms can be used to send instructions to the processor which appropriately adjusts the delayed audio.
In such a scenario, those clipped samples can be restored by a logic algorithm to the way they likely were before mastering.
Obviously, this would be very useful in formats playing music that was originally mastered digitally. Other formats would not benefit as much unless the source audio was remastered and made to look like square waves.
Given some of the comments posted here, I certainly wouldn't make that assumption.Yes, David. Most of the folks on this board have at least a rough idea on how DSP processing works.
Given some of the comments posted here, I certainly wouldn't make that assumption.
Yes, David. Most of the folks on this board have at least a rough idea on how DSP processing works. The point is that it's hard to believe that you can restore clipping - a process that takes a lot of time when done offline - in just a few seconds as part of a processing chain. It actually IS possible as you're not processing an entire file in one chunk.