How to Operate Your Instrument
AES V BIT
. Indicates that the Validity bit is set high for one or more data samples. In the AES/EBU standard, a set validity
bit indicates that the sample is not suitable for conversion to audio. By default, the level meter bars and Lissajous display
treat the affected samples as zero samples.
Audio Menu
The Audio menu enables you to select the audio input source and specify whether or not the signal phase is displayed
(Aux Display). If the signal phase is displayed, you can also specify the style of the phase display and the pair of inputs
that is shown in the phase display.
To display the Audio:
Press the
AUDIO
button to display the menu.
To select the source for the Audio display, select
Audio Input
in the menu and select a source. The number of available
sources depends on which audio option is installed. Choosing any given input will make that audio the monitored signal
regardless of which video input is active. Alternatively, you can choose
Follows video
to enable the mapping that allows
changing the audio source as the video input selection is changed.
NOTE.
Use the Audio Settings menu to select the mapping of input to bar, the meter type, and the Follows video mapping of
audio to video.
The Audio menu also provides two pictorial displays that allow you to monitor the signal. Audio phase displays include phase
correlation meters, a flexible Lissajous display (for any pair of channels), and a multiple-channel “Surround Sound” display
that shows audio levels (weighted or un-weighted), total sound volume, phantom source locations, and the dominant
sound position.
To add a phase display to the audio tile, select
Aux Display
in the Audio menu. From the Aux Display submenu, you
select whether a phase display is shown or not.
To choose the format of the Aux Display, select between the following two entries in the submenu:
Phase
: The Phase display is a plot of one channel against another on an orthogonal pair of axes. The Phase display
can be displayed in two styles: Soundstage style which plots the two channels at 45 degree angles, with the mono
combination appearing on the vertical axis-like a left-right image in a studio and X-Y style which plots left-channel data on
the vertical axis and right channel data on the horizontal axis, emulating the X-Y display of an oscilloscope.
Surround
: The Surround display enables you to monitor relative loudness of the individual elements rendered in a
surround-sound listening environment. (See page 120,
Surround Display Elements
.)
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