Instruction Manual

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Surround Panner
View Reference
Angle and Focus marker. Their distance from each other and from the
front of the circle shows the Width value (see definition below). You can
also drag the Width markers to control Angle and Focus.
• Speaker icons/squares—each surround channel is represented by a
speaker icon in the large panner, and a white square in the small
panner. The large panner also has a corresponding volume level in dB
directly in front of each icon. The position of each speaker icon shows
you each speaker’s position in the surround mix. Clicking a speaker
icon or square mutes the corresponding channel, causing the icon or
square to become grey.
• Angle slider—this slider both displays and controls the angle value.
• Focus slider—this slider both displays and controls the focus value.
• Width slider—this slider both displays and controls the width value.
Width is a measure of how wide an area the sound seems to be coming
from on a scale of 0 to 360 degrees. At 0 and 360 degrees, the sound
seems to all come from a single speaker. At 180 degrees the sound
seems to come from directly opposite sides. The default angle matches
the project’s left and right channel angle. For example, in 5.1 SMPTE/
ITU surround, the default width is 60 degrees.
• Front/Rear Balance slider (large panner only)—abbreviated as
FrntRrBl, this slider adjusts the front and rear balance. Drag it to the left
to reduce the level from the front speakers, or drag it to the right to
reduce rear level.
• LFE slider—this slider both displays and controls the level of sound
sent to the LFE channel.
• LFE Only button (large panner only)—this button mutes all channels
except the LFE channel.