Reference Guide

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Surround metering

Surround Mixing (Producer and Studio only)

4. In the Control Bar’s ACT module, select Joystick Panner in the drop-down menu, then click the

Controller/Surface Properties button .

5. In the Joystick Panner dialog box, select button 1 in the Buttons field, and then select Engage

Pan Mode in the Button Actions field.

6. Now select Button 2, and select Engage Pan Nav Mode in the Button Actions field.

7. Select any other buttons your joystick has (one at a time), and connect them to any transport or

menu commands you want in the Button Actions field; close the Joystick Panner dialog box.

Now when you hold down button 1 (the “trigger button”), the joystick controls the surround panner on

the current track or send. When the pan/sphere is in the desired position, let button 1 up to hold the

position. When you hold down button 2, move the joystick vertically to change the current track, and

horizontally to change to a different send control. The Control Bar’s ACT module displays the names

of the current track and send. Use any other buttons you configured to control other SONAR

functions.

You can save your button assignments as a preset by typing a name for the current group of settings

in the Presets window in the Joystick Panner dialog box, and then clicking the floppy disk icon

that’s next to the Presets field. Whenever you want to load a preset, just select it in the Presets

window.

Surround metering

Meters in tracks routed to surround buses or the Surround Main, and meters in surround buses work

the same as stereo meters (see “Metering” on page 849), however, surround meters display more

channels. For example, a project in 5.1 would have a six-channel meter.

Figure 282. Multi-channel meter

A. Six-channel meter

Each pair of hardware outputs still uses a stereo meter, but you will see the meters on several pairs

of outputs displaying levels, depending on how many surround channels your project uses.

See:

“Bass management” on page 956