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Surround sound (Cubase only)
Using the SurroundPanner
Cubase has a special feature for graphically positioning a
sound source in a surround field. This is actually a special
plug-in which distributes the audio from the channel in
various proportions to the surround channels.
1. Open the mixer and locate the channel you wish to
position.
This could be a mono or stereo channel.
2. From the Output Routing pop-up menu, select the
“whole surround bus” option (not a specific speaker
channel).
A miniature image of the surround plug-in interface appears above the
fader in the channel strip.
The channel strip showing a miniature surround field.
3. You can click and drag directly in the miniature image
to move the sound in the surround field.
The horizontal red strip to the right controls the subbass (LFE) level (if
available in the selected surround format).
• You can also view a slightly larger version of this control
by selecting “Panner” on the View options pop-up menu
for the extended mixer panel.
This mode offers click and drag-panning as well as numerical values for
left/right balance, front/rear balance and LFE amount – enter the desired
number or use the mouse wheel to adjust them.
• The SurroundPanner can also be displayed in the In-
spector for all audio channel track types. To display the
Surround Pan tab in the Inspector, make sure the corre-
sponding option is enabled in the Inspector context menu.
• For total control over surround panning, double-click on
the miniature image to open the full SurroundPanner
interface in a separate window.
The SurroundPanner controls
The SurroundPanner plug-in allows you to position your
audio in the surround field. It consists of an image of the
speaker arrangement, as defined by the output bus se-
lected on the Output Routing pop-up menu, with the
sound source indicated as a gray ball.
The SurroundPanner plug-in
interface in Standard,
Position and Angle mode