Operation Manual

Surround panning 133
PRO Series Live Audio Systems
Owner’s Manual
Surround panning
There are three surround panning modes: quad, LCRS and 5.1. These are assigned on
a channel wide basis, that is, if the control centre is in 5.1 all channels are in 5.1. This
allows control and distribution of the three surround formats without re-patching. The
same applies to monitoring.
For more information on surround panning, see “Surround panning” on page 120. For
information on the set-up for each mode, see Figure 31 “Connections for a quad
surround system (with recommended speaker set-up)” on page 269, Figure 32
“Connections for an LCRS surround system (with recommended speaker set-up)” on
page 270 and Figure 33 “Connections for a 5.1 surround system (with recommended
speaker set-up)” on page 271.
Table 8: Surround panning bus routing
Simultaneous generation of stereo masters, mono masters, stereo auxes, mono auxes,
stereo matrices and mono matrices (excluding buses 1 to 6) is possible in all surround
modes. However, SIS™ panning to masters is not possible.
Operation of the monitor system in surround or stereo is a mode selection that can be
made independently or in conjunction with the surround bussing on the control centre,
that is, you can still monitor and solo in stereo, even if you are producing a 5.1 mix.
Surround panning connectors on rear panel of PRO Series Control Centre
Left/right panning control utilises the normal stereo pan pots. Front/back panning is
made possible by taking over the mono level/SIS image control knob on the control
surface (masters section of each channel strip).
Trackball panning and external devices that operate the GUI pointer can also operate
the surround panning on a selected channel.
Bus routing to the six surround matrices remains unchanged, that is, it will be possible
to route and place an image anywhere within the surround stem from inputs, auxes,
aux/group buses and master buses.
Buses Matrix 1 Matrix 2 Matrix 3 Matrix 4 Matrix 5 Matrix 6
Quad Left Right None None LS RS
Surround Left Right Centre None S (same as
Matrix 6)
S (same as
Matrix 5)
5.1
surround
Left Right Centre Sub LS RS
Monitor A Left A Right Centre Sub B Left B Right