User Manual

K-MIX HARDWARE

• All three of the Aux modes are completely disabled when panning in surround; the aux channel

levels instead link to the Mains level to ensure even output levels across all channels.

• Input channel aux sends are ignored when Surround Panning Mode is enabled.

• The effects (compressor, gate, EQ) on the main output bus (outputs 1 & 2) are automatically

bypassed when surround is enabled. They will return to their original state when you return to

stereo panning.

• If you are using a surround format that does not utilize all eight output channels (Quad, 5.1, or 7.1),

the leftover outputs will be unused.

4.2.14.5 – BASS MANAGEMENT CROSSOVER

K-Mix provides an optional low frequency crossover when using Surround Panning Mode, called “Bass

Management”. When bass management is enabled, all low frequency audio content will be routed out

the headphone jack; higher frequency content will go out outputs 1–8 as normal. When disabled, all

audio, regardless of frequency, will be routed out outputs 1–8.

• When both Surround Panning Mode and Bass Management are enabled, the headphone output

can no longer be used for monitoring input and output channels; it is solely dedicated to the low

frequency content.

4.2.14.6 – EDITOR-ONLY PARAMETERS

Surround Panning Mode has a number of parameters that may only be changed from the K-Mix Editor

software and are inaccessible from the K-Mix hardware.

The following parameters are editor-only:

• Speaker Layout

• Bass Management On/Off

• Bass Management Crossover Frequency

• Surround Panner Assignment

4.2.14.7 – SURROUND PARAMETERS ARE GLOBAL, NOT PER PRESET

One important thing to note when using Surround Panning Mode is that all of its parameters are

“global” parameters. This means they are not stored on a per-preset basis; they will instead remain the

same when changing K-Mix presets.

This is to prevent potentially “odd” behavior when changing presets. If surround parameters were

stored with each preset, that could result in the headphone output suddenly becoming a subwoofer

feed, different rotaries controlling different input channels, and surround speaker layouts unexpectedly

changing. These are likely to be undesirable behaviors, so surround parameters are global.

Bass Management’s on/off state and crossover frequency may only be altered via the

K-Mix Editor. It cannot be accessed via the K-Mix hardware.