7.1.5
CHECKING INDIVIDUAL LOUDSPEAKERS
Speakers Muted
Centre Speaker in Solo
Pink Noise to Right Surround
Using the buttons at the bottom of the SPEAKERS area, you can solo, deliver pink noise to, or mute an individual speaker:
First, choose the function – e.g.
MUTE
.
Then, select a speaker or speakers (e.g.
Ls
,
Rs
,
Lrs
,
Rrs
).
Each of the functions is color-coded to clearly indicate when a speaker is muted (red), in solo (yellow) or sending out pink noise
(turquoise).
Cancel the operation either by de-selecting the speaker(s) or switching to a different mode – e.g. from
MUTE
to
SOLO
.
It is possible to setup if the solo/mute / noise functions are applied at the input stage or the output stage of the optimizer
process.
This parameter is defined in the
SESSION SETTINGS
page. See 7.4.3 SESSION SETTINGS -> Options
7.1.6
LISTENING TO A DOWNMIX
Click to select format
Click to enable DownMix
DownMix Off (normal monitoring)
You can use the
DownMix
button in the SPEAKERS area to check the listening compatibility for different speaker arrangements.
For example, to check how a 7.1 mix will sound in 5.1, Stereo or Mono.
First, select the source you wish to check from the SOURCES or OUTPUTS areas; and select the right speaker set (a 7.1 in
our case)
Then, choose a downmix format from the drop-down menu (e.g.,
Stereo
).
Enable the
DownMix
button – the active speakers are highlighted while the downmix is enabled (e.g.
L
and
R
).
Click again on the
DownMix
button to cancel the function and return to “normal” monitoring (e.g.,
7.1
).
Note that the available downmixes are factory-configured and determined by the selected speaker set. So, for example, if you
working with a stereo speaker set, there will be only one downmix available:
Mono on L/R
. If a surround speaker set is selected,
there will be multiple downmix options.
When choosing to listen to a mono downmix on a surround speaker set, you can choose either:
•
Mono
= downmix is routed to only the Centre speaker (discrete Centre).
•
Mono on L/R
= downmix is routed to both Left and Right speakers at equal power (“phantom” Centre).
