4 - Module operations—Pan and balance
4–7
• Auto make-up (
AUTO
), controlled by the left
switch of POD 4 below the output gain. This is
used, together with the output gain setting for auto-
matic optimum level control if the compression set-
tings have resulted in gain reduction.
4.6.5 Gate settings
Both the
MODULE
and
DYNAMICS
screens
allow the same parameters to be set.
• Threshold (
THRESH
), controlled by the POD 1
knob, allows the setting of the threshold at which
the gate will open. Variable from
-80dB
to
0dB
in 1 dB steps.
• Range (
RANGE
), controlled by the POD 2 knob,
sets the gate range, from
0dB
to
60dB
in 1dB
steps.
• Hysteresis (
HYST
), controlled by the POD 3
knob, from
0dB
to
24dB
in 1dB steps.
• Gate attack time (
ATTACK
), controlled by the
POD 1 knob on the last row. Variable from
0ms
to
125ms
in 1 ms steps.
• Gate hold time (
HOLD
), controlled by the POD
2 knob on the last row. Variable from
0ms
to
990ms
in 100 steps.
• Gate decay time (
DECAY
), controlled by the
POD 3 knob on the last row. Variable from
50ms
to
5.0s
in 100 steps.
4.6.6 Linked channels
LINK
allows the linking of two processors
assigned to two adjacent channels (the “left” channel
of the pair must be odd-numbered).
This link is automatically made, and cannot be
turned off, when two modules have been stereo
linked (or for the stereo inputs or the stereo out).
Trigger source (
TRIGGER
) is only valid when
two processors are linked. This option (selected
using the
ENTER
key or
JOG
dial) allows the trig-
gering for both processors to be initiated by
L-ch
(left channel),
R-ch
(right channel) or
BOTH
(both channels act as triggers—in other words, the
first channel to be triggered will automatically acti-
vate the second channel’s processor).
NOTE
The two ST IN channels and the stereo out
buss do not allow trigger selection, and are
fixed at the
BOTH
setting.
4.7 Pan and balance
As well as using the
MODULE
screen to adjust the
pan of a module (or the balance of a stereo pair of
modules), there is a dedicated
PAN/BAL
screen,
allowing the viewing and setting of many modules
simultaneously.
4.7.1 Using the MODULE key to set pan
and balance
Pan and balance controls are only available in the
EQ/AUX/PAN MODULE
screen, not the
EQ/DYN
module screen.
Mono modules :
The fourth POD rotary control
on the fifth row is a pan control, when the module is a
mono module.
The pan settings are
L45
(hard left), through
C
(center) to
R45
(hard right).
The left switch of this POD is a centering switch.
For odd-numbered channels only, the right switch of
this POD is a gang switch, allowing this pan control
to be ganged with the pan control of the next channel.
Stereo modules :
When two channels have been
linked into a stereo pair, or when one of the stereo
inputs is selected, the pan control changes to a bal-
ance control.
The left switch of the POD is a centering switch.
The third POD becomes an “image” control, which
determines the width of the stereo image produced
by the two channels. Turning the knob to the “center”
allows “pinpointing” of the image (
L+Rmono
),
full width (
STEREO
, fully counterclockwise) or
full width, with the positions of the two linked chan-
nels reversed with respect to normal (
REVERSE
,
fully clockwise). Intermediate positions are repre-
sented as percentage figures preceded by
ST
(ste-
reo) or
REV
(reverse), with
ST 98%
following
immediately after
STEREO
, and
REV 98%
immediately after
REVERSE
.
The switches of the third POD allow either the left or
the right channel of the pair to be selected as a mono
source (the image control is then disabled).
If a surround mode, rather than the stereo mode, has
been selected, surround positioning control is not
possible from the
MODULE
screen. Use the dedi-
cated
PAN/BAL
key instead. See 6, “Surround
modes” for details.
