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VOLT PROCESSING
About VOLT’s factory presets
Please don’t ask us, “What preset should I use with xxx format?”
If you insist, we’ll answer that question as well as we can. Our preset creators are processing
experts and experienced programmers, and we’ve fine-tuned a lot of Omnias, all over the world.
But we don’t live in your market, and we’re not looking at a radio dial with your competition.
Any suggestion of “use preset zzz for format xxx” is the opinion of one person, trying to solve
slightly different issues than the ones you’re facing. Your mileage will vary.
In the real world, one person’s perfect CHR process might be another’s ideal Classic Rock… or
Country… or Alternative. We see this all the time. In some markets, we’ve found RockNRoll or
CHRHot was ideal for a lite AC format. If you’re in a very competitive market where everything is
cranked to within an inch of its life, RockNRoll might sound laid back and relaxing!
Please, please explore all of the presets available to you within VOLT. Look for additional ones
online on VOLT’s product specific webpage (https://www.telosalliance.com/Omnia/Volt-Au-
dio-Processor).. Presets are where the science of processing meets the art of sonic design. You
can’t judge a book by just its cover, and you can’t choose a preset by its name or brief description.
Your ears will tell you more than any dictionary.
With that in mind, consider the following lists just as suggestions for your first steps. Then try
some other directions as well. Don’t limit your journey—or VOLT’s powerful processing—to a
small subset of its possibilities.