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Chapter 4
Using the DP570 Features
ThischaptercoverseachdistinctfeatureoftheDP570indetail.Themainpowerofthe
Dolby
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DP570isitsabilitytoacceptanyprograminputandplayitbackoverany
combinationofspeak e routputsusinganycombinationofmetadataparameters.Thismain
powerisbackedupbyitsabilitytoadjustvirtuallyanyofthosevariablesonthefly.
Asyoulisten,youcantestyour
mixindifferentnumbersandqualitiesofspeaker,in
differentnumbersofchannels,withdifferentsurrounddecodingstrategiesapplied.
Asyoutest,youcanadjustmetadataparameterstooptimizethequalityoftheoutput.A
fewofthemostimportantmetadataadjustmentsarediscussedseparatelyinlatersections
ofthis
chapter:
• Downmixmonitoring
• Dialoguelevel
• Dynamicrangecontrol
4.1 Naming Programs
OntheDolbyEtabyoucanassignauniquenametoeachprogram.Youcanusethisfeature
tomakesurethatthemetadatastaysproperlyidentifiedthroughouttheproductionand
broadcastchain.Typicallyprogramsarenamedaftertheircontent,suchas GameAor
Episode5.
4.2 Adjusting the Monitor System
Themonitoringsystemisfullyconfigurable.Youcanmodifyanyofitsparametersatany
timebyclickingSetup.Settingupyourmonitoringsystemisdiscussedinfullin
Appendix A.
4.3 Generating and Adjusting Metadata
YoucanchoosetouseinternalmetadatavaluesgeneratedbytheDP570orexternalvalues
suppliedfromoneofthetwometadatainputconnectors.Youcannotusebothexternal
sourcesinoneprogram.