S U R R O U N D P A N E L
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D-12 / July 2006
Mode Section
The mode selector switchbank includes
5.1, STEREO, MONO, LEFT, RIGHT, and
BLEND buttons. When pressed, the switch
will light up to indicate the selected mode and
it will be displayed in the SELECTED CHAN-
NEL LCD display.
Access this section by pressing an input,
subgroup, master, or monitor SET button.
The functions available depend on which
SET button is pressed. PAN and BLEND
rotary controls only work with inputs.
INPUT SET PRESSED:
The PAN/BAL mode knob acts as a bal-
ance control in STEREO mode and as a
panpot in MONO, LT-ONLY, and RT-ONLY
modes.
WIDTH - an effect that changes the appar-
ent distance between the speaker - applies to
stereo signals only.
The BLEND mode sends both the left and
right input signals to both the left and right
sides of assigned stereo destinations. The
BLEND knob acts as a cross-fader between
the left and right source channels. Used for
correcting the edited mix of split track sources
like news packages. The voice and “nat”
tracks feed BOTH LT and RT master outputs.
MODE - row of six interlocked switches (only one selected at a time).
Affects which channels of the source signal are passed to the rest of the input
signal path.
5.1 (surround) – sets the input fader to be a surround channel. Only input
fader channels configured in hardware as 5.1 channels may be put in this
mode. Put channel in 5.1 when selecting 5.1 surround sources.
STEREO – selects stereo mode; LT feeds left, right feeds RT; used for
stereo music, normal mixing applications. If a mono source is selected, it will
feed both LT and RT. A 5.1 source will be down-mixed to stereo.
MONO - selects mono mode; If a stereo source is selected it is summed
to mono and reduced by 6dB. A 5.1 source will be down-mixed to mono.
LEFT (left only) – passes only the left channel of a stereo source.
RIGHT (right only) – passes only the right channel of a stereo source.
BLEND – sends the left and right channels to the rotary BLEND control
for cross fading. The output of the BLEND control is summed.
MODE can be reconfigured by pressing any allowable button. In most
cases pressing a disallowed button has no effect. The exception to this is when
you press the BLEND button and BLEND is not a valid choice but STEREO
is; in that case pressing BLEND will automatically select STEREO.
