Instruction Manual

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Panning in Surround
Surround Mixing
• Angle—this is the perceived angle of the sound source as it differs
from the position directly in front of the listener. The scale is 0 to
180 degrees on the listener’s right, and 0 to -180 degrees on the
listener’s left. 0 means the sound is coming from directly in front of
the listener, and plus or minus 180 degrees means that the sound
is coming from directly behind the listener.
• Focus—this is the perceived distance of the sound source from the
center of the circle on a scale of 0 to 100, 0 meaning the center of
the circle, and 100 meaning the perimeter.
• Width markers—these are two smaller spheres equidistant from the
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. Double-clicking the icon solos its channel,
turning the icon green.
• Angle slider (large panner only)—this slider both displays and controls
the angle value.
• Focus slider (large panner only)—this slider both displays and controls
the focus value.
• Width slider (large panner only)—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