User guide

Chapter 6: Channels and Strips 87
Pan
Unlike a traditional analog console, System 5 is not limited to one pan format and one pan control per channel. System 5 sup-
ports the following pan formats (also called pan laws): mono, stereo, LCR, LCRS, 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1.
A single panner can control several different Mix or Group busses at once, each with different formats.
Press the Pan function key to assign Pan parameters to the knobset (see figure below).
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Rotate (Rot8)
This feature upports circular panning.
Focus Front (FocF)
This parameter requires at least three speakers to function. Focus ranges from 0–100%. At 100%, the signal has a pinpoint image:
as the signal is panned, it crossfades directly from one channel to the next, completely fading from the first before entering the
third. As Focus decreases, the signal blurs across multiple channels: the signal moves from channel one into two, and then begins
crossfading into channel three before channel one has completely faded out. This results in smoother, dynamically panned ob-
jects across the sound field.
0% Focus eliminates the center channel from the pan range entirely. The pan control still functions, although the signal cross-
fades directly from bus one to bus three. One use of 0% Focus is to create phantom-centered images, where the signal is sourced
equally from the left and right front speakers instead of directly from the center speaker.
See “Mix and Group Bus Setup” on page 97 to learn how to assign Mix and Group Bus format.
See “Group Bus Routing” on page 89 and/or “Mix Bus Routing” on page 90 to review how to use the Pan to: switch to insert Pan.
Pan Knobsets
Page keys display
other Pan pages
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Rot8
FocF
DivF
NonB
Boom
PanR
Srnd
PanF
DivS
FocS
DivR
FocR
Rotate
Focus front
Divergence front
non-Boom level
Boom level
Pan rear
Front:Surround Pan
Pan front
on/off
on/off
on/off
in/out
in/out
in/out
in/out
Width
in/out
Divergence Surround
Focus Surround
Divergence Rear
Focus Rear
in/out
in/out
in/out
in/out