The surround window offers precise control over image positioning in any mixing panorama along with individual subwoofer level and depth of center control.
Surround position control is available from the control surface by using the individual Channel pan for L/R positioning and the Master Pan V- Pot as the selected channel’s front/rear position control. The control surface can perform surround pan positioning using the
•Simply drag the colored ball to position a channel anywhere in the surround panorama.
•The top of the pan grid represents the front speakers.
•The bottom of the pan grid represents the rear speakers and the subwoofer.
•The subwoofer (Bus 4) is not affected by pan, but in the case of LCRS, Bus 4 is the rear (surround) panned bus output.
Monitor Levels•When a surround mode other than stereo is selected, the Monitor Levels faders appear in the MON LEVELS box. Each fader corresponds to an analog surround output at Buses
•A Master fader controls the overall output level of the eight surround outputs. The SPEAKER LEVEL
•The Monitor Levels affect the signal at the analog Bus
•Once the Monitor Levels are set, you can lock the monitor level settings by clicking the MENU button and choosing Lock Monitor Levels. The LOCKED LED illuminates when the Monitor Levels are locked. This allows you to calibrate your setup for any number of standard reference levels.
•Adjust surround position as usual, by dragging the red or green ball. However, when FLYBACK is selected, the ball (surround position) immediately snaps (flies) back to its original position once the mouse button is released.
Output Assignment/Speaker Icons•Toggles channel sends to individual speakers within the surround system, between on and off.
•Click the desired speaker position to include it in the channel’s surround pan position.
Pan Position (MEM A)•Selected by clicking the MEM A button.
•Represented by the green ball in the Surround Panner.
•Acts as a retrievable surround pan, divergence level, and
•Selected by clicking the MEM B button.
•Represented by the red ball in the Surround Panner.
•Acts as a retrievable surround pan, divergence level, and
•Activated by clicking the MORPH icon.
•Automatically pans between the MEM A and MEM B surround positions, divergence level, and
•Controls the amount of time it takes for the MORPH process to move between the two preset positions (MEM A and MEM B).
•Can be adjusted between 1 and 121 seconds.
Divergence
•This control spreads (from the Center to the Left and Right) the channel surround pan position in the front half of the surround panorama.
•The resultant moves can be recorded into automation.
Divergence Meter•This display indicates the width of the center image from 0 (Center) to 100 (Left and Right
•50 is an even level distribution among L, C, and R.
Low Frequency Effect•Acts as an individual channel level control to the subwoofer output.
•The number four speaker icon controls the subwoofer on and off status (except LCRS).
•Since low frequencies are omnidirectional, individual channel sends to the subwoofer are not controlled in the surround pan positioning grid. Their sends to the subwoofers are adjusted by the Low Freq Effect fader.
•The fader control attenuates from 0.0 (full level) to
•The level may be further boosted or attenuated at the Bus 4 fader for the entire subwoofer output.
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