Algorithm Manual Revision 4

Introduction
6 System 6000 MKII Algorithms – Firmware version 6.5.0
Channel distribution in
surround algorithms
To best comply with the channel allocation used
by most digital AES format equipment, the Input/
Output channels on TC Electronic surround al-
gorithms are allocated as follows:
1 Left
2 Right
3 Center
4 LFE
5 Left Surround
6 Right Surround
These channel allocations comply with the fol-
lowing standards:
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ITU Recommendation ITU-R BR.1384, Param-
eters for International Exchange of Multichan-
nel Sound Recordings, 1998
►
SMPTE 320 M-1999, for Television – Channel
Assignments and Levels on Multichannel Au-
dio Media
►
Surround Sound Forum Recommended Prac-
tice SSF-02/1-E-2 (3-5-99), Multichannel Re-
cording Format, Parameters for Programme
Interchange and Archiving, Alignment of Re-
production Equipment
Grouping the Inputs/Outputs this way ensures
optimal flexibility for further external processing
and archiving, when working on setups following
the above mentioned standards.
It is, however, worth noticing that total routing
flexibility of physical inputs and outputs to En-
gine Inputs/Outputs is available on System 6000
via the Routing page.
Metering in the engine edit pages
For logical channel metering in the various sur-
round algorithms, the meters on the Engine Edit
pages are displayed in the following order.
Meters sequence: Left – Center – Right –
Surround Left – Surround Right – LFE
We believe that by displaying the meters on the
Engine Edit pages in the same order as your
speakers are physically placed, the most intuitive
metering of channel-levels is achieved.