6 - Surround modes—Modules in the surround mix
6–3
ments are not shown, but it is possible to assign the
modules to the surround channels:
The four buss pairs are replaced by two buttons:
SRND
and (optionally)
SUB
.
NOTE
The
SUB
button only has any meaning when
the 5.1 surround option is chosen.
When the
SRND
button is “pushed” (on), the chan-
nel is routed to the busses for surround output.
When the
SUB
button is “pushed” (on), the channel
is routed to the sub channel.
In addition to these two routings, modules can also
be assigned to the stereo master buss. This allows the
monitoring and soloing of channels through the STE-
REO OUT, which of course is output to the CR mon-
itor outputs. The position of a module’s signal in the
stereo outputs is represented by the balance between
the front pair of speakers in the surround matrix.
Channels 1 through 16 can also be assigned to the
direct outputs (i.e. they will be output from the out-
puts of the interface cards fitted in slots 2 and 3).
As well as the on-screen buttons controlling the
assignment of individual modules to the surround
and sub busses, there are three “master” buttons:
ALL SRND ASSIGN
,
ALL STEREO
CLEAR
, and
ALL STEREO ASSIGN
.
The last two work in exactly the same way as the but-
tons with the same name in the normal stereo screen
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, allowing the assignment and “unassignment” of
all modules to the STEREO OUT.
The first button assigns all modules to the surround
buss. Note that there is no dedicated button to do the
same for the sub buss.
These on-screen buttons are used in the usual way;
using the cursor and
ENTER
keys.
6.4.2 “Pan” controls
The concept of panning does not apply to surround
mixes as it does to stereo mixes.
Accordingly, when a surround mode is selected, the
MODULE
screen does not show the pan controls.
Instead of this, the
PAN
screen (now the
SURROUND
screen) is used.
The screen is accessed by pressing the
PAN/BAL –
SURROUND
key
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. Instead of a general screen
showing all modules, the surround screen for the cur-
rently-selected module and one other module is
shown.
In the case of an odd-numbered module being
selected, the other displayed module will be the
even-numbered module immediately following the
selected module. In the case of an even-numbered
module, the other displayed module will be the odd-
numbered module immediately before the selected
module.
If a pair of modules has been linked as a stereo pair
(or if one of the stereo inputs has been selected), the
stereo linking does not apply to the surround set-
tings—each module’s (or channel’s) position in the
surround image is set independently. However, the
fact that these modules have been linked is shown by
a
&
following the module number at the top of the
