User manual

221
Surround sound (Cubase only)
The plug-in panel
Double-click on any of the miniature panner controls to
open the plug-in panel in a separate window.
The SurroundPanner V5 plug-in offers numerous possibili-
ties to position a mono or stereo sound source. If you work
visually oriented, you can simply drag the sound source
around in the pan area. To help you execute very exact
movements you can use modifier keys to limit the move
-
ment direction (e. g. for straight front/rear panning).
To perform rotating movements that you cannot achieve
by dragging the mouse, you can use the powerful rotation
and orbit controls below the pan area. Here you will also
find parameters for controlling the signal distribution to the
different speaker channels and the advanced scaling con
-
trols with which you can influence the size of the sound
source itself.
To the left and right of the surround field there are volume
meters, showing the input and output levels of all speaker
channels. For a detailed description of all the panning op
-
tions available in the SurroundPanner V5, see below.
Positioning signals in the pan area
In the pan area, you see a graphical representation of the
sound source, with the left and right channels shown in
yellow and red. Here, you can position the sound source
using the mouse:
• By clicking at the desired position in the pan area.
When you release the mouse button, the sound source jumps to that po-
sition (with the positioning handle, i. e. the circle located in the center of
the sound source, ending up where you clicked).
• By clicking and dragging the positioning handle.
Note that you do not have to click exactly on the handle in order to move
it. You can click anywhere in the pan area and start moving the mouse,
the handle then moves in the same direction as the mouse.
The pan area showing a stereo sound source
The positioning handle can be positioned freely in the pan
area and even be moved out of the pan area. The panning
balls, though, will never move further out than the edge of
the surround field (which is indicated by a gray line). Mo
-
ving the positioning handle out of the pan area can be
useful for extreme panning positions, such as panning all
channels hard right.
Ö For mono channels there is no positioning handle.
Click and drag the input channel to position it.
Left and right channels
Positioning
handle