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TACTILE OUTPUTS
Although some headphones have respectable low frequency response, they lack the ability to impact
the listener’s body the way a subwoofer does. Therefore the Realiser provides outputs for tactile
transducers (shaker motors). These outputs can also be used to drive subwoofers.
Pressing
MENU-TAC
presents this menu:
>SETUP
MIX BLOCK L-ch
MIX BLOCK R-ch
HP MIX: 0.0
SETUP
presents this menu:
MIX TO HP: N
> VOL: -20 dB
DELAY: 0 ms
ROLL OFF: 80Hz
Volume and delay can be adjusted to match the main speakers, and rolloff can be provided;
consult the manual for your shakers regarding the rolloff, and experiment. ( For MIX TO HP,
see DIRECT BASS.)
MIX BLOCK
operation is the same as with the virtual speaker menus (see above). There are two
tactile outputs, so two mix blocks. Any combination of input channels can be selected. Typically the
channels would be set to the same gain factor if the LFE channel has +10 inband gain at the Realiser
input. If not, the
SW
channel would be set to
1.0
and the other channels to
0.3
. However, the
LFE
GAIN
setting under
MENU-SW
,
SW vSPKR SETUP1
affects the tactile mix block, so if
LFE
GAIN = +10
, the SW channel in the tactile mix block should be set to the same gain factor as the
other channels. Consult the shaker manual regarding the rolloff but 80 Hz would be typical. There
may be dedicated shaker tracks on some material; these could be assigned to a Realiser channel and
handled through the mix block.
HP MIX
would typically be
0.0
if the tactile mix block is used.
HP MIX
(headphone mix) refers to the virtualised two-channel signal being sent to the headphones.
As an alternative to using the mix blocks, the headphone signal can be the source for the tactile
outputs, a straightforward choice since the shakers will be used in conjunction with headphone
listening. A setting of
1.0
would indicate full level of the processed signal.
SW REL VOL
under
MENU-SW, SW vSPKR SETUP2
affects the
HP MIX
. (See Bass Considerations.) The tactile
MIX BLOCK
coefficients would typically all be
0.0
if
HP MIX
is used.