3-2. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DIGITAL SOUND FIELD PARAMETERS

Not all of the following parameters are found in every program.

●ROOM SIZE

How it Affects the Sound:

Changes the apparent size of the music venue. The larger the value, the larger the simulated room will sound.

What it Does:

Adjusts the timing between the early reflections. Early reflections are the first group of reflections you hear before the subsequent, dense reverberation begins.

Control Range:

0.1 – 2.0

Standard setting is 1.0.

Changing this parameter from 1 to 2 increases the apparent volume of the room eight times (length, width, and height all doubled).

Level

Direct sound

Level

Direct sound

Level

Direct sound

 

 

 

 

Early reflections

 

Early reflections

 

Early reflections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small

 

 

Large

 

 

 

Time

 

Time

 

Time

Small space

 

 

 

 

 

Large space

●INIT DLY (Initial Delay)

How it Affects the Sound:

Changes the apparent distance from the source sound.

Since the distance between a sound source and a reflective surface determines the delay between the direct sound and the first reflection, this parameter changes the location of the sound source within the acoustic environment.

What it Does:

Adjusts the delay between the direct sound and the first reflection heard by the listener.

Control Range:

1 – 49 milliseconds

For a small living room this parameter would be set for a small value. Large values for a big room. Larger values produce an echo effect.

Level

Level Direct sound

Level

 

Early reflections

 

SmallLarge

INIT. DLY Time

 

 

INIT. DLY Time

 

 

INIT. DLY Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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