Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Getting Started
- Chapter 3 Production Environment
- Chapter 4 Equipment
- Chapter 5 Production Techniques
- Chapter 6 Preparing the Source Delivery Master
- Chapter 7 Miscellaneous Information
- Appendix A Mix and Mastering Data Sheets

5.1-Channel Production Guidelines Equipment
4-4
2. Surround pattern editor–allows the path of the surround pan to be changed. Select
the size and shape of a circle, arc, or line.
3. Jog wheel speed manipulation–allows use of the wheel to change the speed of a pan.
4. Multiple surround formats: 2+2, 3+1, 3+2+1.
5. Master fader can be made into six-channel ganged fader.
6. Software editing available.
Tascam (Current models TMD8000 and TMD4000)
1. Divergence control on L/R and F/S–use these controls to focus or spread the
sound by controlling the bleed to adjacent channels during a pan.
2. Surround Bus Assignment–in 5.1 mode, set this to Type 4 to comply with current
L, R, C, LFE, LS, RS assignments.
3. LFE level–controls the amount of signal going into the LFE channel. This also
may be set to Off.
Mackie (Current Model D8B)
1. Surround Bus Isolation–Surround buses 1–8 are automatically solo-isolated so
that they are not muted when any (surround-pan enabled) channel is in solo mode.
2. Software control includes morph function that can interpolate between an a and b
point (currently a straight line).
3. On-screen editing of surround panning with Mackie OS2 Ramsa (Panasonic)
(Current Model WR-DA7).










