Meridian Audio G68 DSP presets for two-channelmaterial, D S P p r e s e t s, Music, Trifield

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D S P p r e s e t s

DSP presets for two-channel material

The G68 provides several signal processing options for two-channel material. The Music DSP presets are designed for use with music from sources such as CD, radio, or two channel DVD-A:

•Music, Trifield, Ambisonics, Super Stereo, Music Logic, PLIIx Music, Stereo, and Direct.

The Logic DSP presets are designed for use with film soundtracks or TV programmes:

• PLIIx Movie, PLIIx THX, TV Logic, and Mono.

The Music and Logic DSP presets use the Music and Logic speaker layout respectively; see Speaker layouts, page 43.

Music

The Music DSP preset extracts the mono and surround components of the original recording. These components provide an alternative representation of the original sound, and this is sometimes used for recording systems or in broadcasts such as FM radio. The mono element is equalised using a proprietary Meridian technique to match the tone colour of the centre speaker, and to compensate

Music and Trifield DSP preset parameters

for the fact that the frequency response of human hearing changes with direction.

The Music DSP preset is recommended for recordings made with spaced omnidirectional microphones, or using a mono-surround technique.

Trifield

As for the Music DSP preset, the Trifield preset extracts the mono and surround components of the original recording. It then calculates the signals for the front, left, centre, and right speakers, using the phase and amplitude differences between the three front channels, to redistribute the sounds on a frequency-dependent basis.

This gives a significant improvement over traditional stereo, which converts the differences between the microphone signals into amplitude differences in the speaker signals. This version of the Trifield algorithm is virtually impossible to implement without digital signal processing.

Trifield is recommended for well-made recordings and stereo television broadcasts that are not Dolby Surround encoded. An advantage over the Music DSP preset is that the front stereo image is more focused, and the width of the image can be adjusted.

Parameter	Options	What it changes
Centre	Flat, EQ1-3	The timbre of the centre loudspeaker.
Width†	0-1.5	The width of the image.
Surr. Rear	Surr. Rear, Surr. Side, Surr. All	Switches the surround signal between the side and rear speakers.
R Filter	Off, 1kHz, 3kHz, 7kHz	The cutoff of high frequencies from the rear surrounds.
S Filter	Off, 1kHz, 3kHz, 7kHz	The cutoff of high frequencies from the side surrounds.

†Trifield only.