Tascam DM-3200 owner manual Surround panning pan mode on

5 – Channel modules : Surround operations

In Figure 5.32, Module surround panning, pan mode is off for surround matrix 1, and so the pan controls are disabled for this matrix.

The SURROUND screens (Figure 5.33, Surround pan- ning (pan mode on)), showing the settings for indi- vidual modules with the pan mode provide more complete control over the surround settings (sur- round screens with pan mode off are shown in Figure 5.34, Surround screen (pan mode off)):

Figure 5.33: Surround panning (pan mode on)

Each module has a graphical representation of the current setting for the currently selected matrix. Channels to which the module is currently are assigned are shown as filled symbols; unassigned channels are shown as hollow symbols. This graphi- cal part of the screen is for display only—use the cur- sor keys to navigate to the on-screen controls below and to the right of this circle.

•The SURROUND SET radio buttons to the right of the circle allow the selection of either one of the surround matrices. Use the ENTER key to select one of these matrices.

•Below that, the SPEAKER SW on/off switches for the center (C) and LFE (LF) speakers are shown. Use the ENTER key here.

•Below this, there is a switch for the center speaker (C), usually reserved for dialog in movie post-production, and another for the low-frequency speaker (LF). Use the ENTER key for these.

•Below this, use the POD 1 encoder to set the left-right pan position, and POD 2 for the front-rear. PODs 3 and 4 set the left-right and front-rear divergences respectively.

Note the “bargraph” displays shown on the screen beside each speaker in the matrix which show the rel- ative levels of the channels as the position is moved.

Pattern panning In the second row of POD con- trols, POD 1 sets the type of pattern controlled by the wheel (TYPE). The choices are: CIRCLE (where the sig- nal follows a circular path around the center), SQUARE (a square path) and two SLANTs (diagonally across the sound stage). POD 2 moves the signal around the pattern, and POD 3 and POD 4 control how much of the signal is sent to the center front (C) and center surround speakers (CS).

As mentioned, the wheel or POD 2 may be used used to move the signal of the channel whose SEL key is selected along the pattern. The position of the cursor on the screen does not determine the channel whose signal is edited.

The last row of PODs allows the pattern to be sized and moved relative to the center of the sound stage. POD 1 (LR POS) and POD 2 (FR POS) move the pattern left-to-right and front-to-back respectively, and POD

3(LR SIZ) and POD 4 (FR SIZ) affect the size. See Fig- ure 5.33, Surround panning (pan mode on) to see how these parameters can be used to affect the sound pattern.

Using the cursor keys As well as the above methods, when the CURSOR MOVE checkbox is selected, the cursor keys do not move the cursor around the screen, but move the signal around the sound stage. The TARGET box selects which channel is currently controlled in this way. Press ENTER to uncheck the box and start using the cursor keys in the usual way again.

Jump keys Press and hold SHIFT and press one of the numbered SCREEN MODE keys to move the sig- nal to the appropriate point in the sound stage (7 is front left, 8 is front center, 9 is front right, etc.).

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