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The integral LED will illuminate orange.

The LED(s) for the currently selected Stem(s) in the Stem Sel section will flash and the output to all the speakers

except Front Left and Front Right will be cut. This allows the operator to hear how an LCRS mix will sound on an

ordinary left/right stereo system with the LCRS encoded in the stereo tracks.

To monitor the decoded output from the Dolby matrix encoder press the POST DECODE key.

The integral LED will illuminate orange.

The LED(s) for the currently selected Stem(s) in the Stem Sel section will flash and the output to speakers other

than Front Left, Front Centre, Front Right and Rear Surround Mono will be cut. This allows the operator to hear

the LCRS mix after it has been encoded into a stereo signal (Lt-Rt) and then decoded back to LCRS.

Calibrated Monitor Level

This feature is intended for use with the VCA controlled 8-Way Remote Level Control Unit. When the system is

installed, the 8-Way Remote Level Control Unit is calibrated to the sound pressure level so that the VCAs are set

to the correct level for each preset.

To monitor at a pre-set sound pressure level press the CAL key.

Each time the key is pressed, the preset level will cycle round the values 82dB, 85dB and 88dB. The integral LED

will be red for 82dB, orange for 85dB, or green for 88dB. The selected SPL is displayed in the lower alpha on the

MON FORMAT SEL section of the Surround Monitoring panel.

Save and Recall Speaker Routing Configurations

The Surround Monitor panel allows the current configuration of the speaker routing to be saved as a Surround

Template that can be recalled at any time. This allows several different monitoring combinations to be

compared by recalling the speaker routing configurations as required. It can also be used to save time when

setting up surround monitoring.

For instance, if the current surround format is 5.1 (five surround speaker destinations plus sub-woofer), the LCR

part could be compared to the whole. This would require the whole 5.1 setup to be saved and then the rear

surround speakers and the sub-woofer to be de-routed and the setup saved again. During playback, the

operator could toggle between these two formats which could be useful for detecting dialogue bleed to the rear

speakers, and so on.

There is only one set of Surround Templates that is always available to the console, independent of the Desk

Setup or any other configuration file. Surround Templates can be renamed and deleted using the Surround

Template Manager in Encore.

To save a Surround Template route the members of Stems (from the PEC/Direct panel) and external sources

(from the SUBMIXER) to the speakers as required.

Press the nudge right key next to the configuration alpha so that the alpha displays NEW.

Then press the STORE key.

The Template will be assigned to the next available number.

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