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Surround sound (Cubase only)
Speaker channels – Solo and Mute vs. Disabling
The speakers that are distributed around the surround
field represent the output configuration. You can disable
speakers or solo/mute them.
• [Alt]/[Option]-click on a speaker symbol to disable that
speaker (the speaker symbol is grayed out) so that no au
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dio will be routed to this surround channel. The signal that
would otherwise be sent to this speaker is distributed to
the other speakers instead.
Note that the signal is distributed in such a way that the power level stays
constant all the time (see
“Constant power” on page 226).
• Click on a speaker symbol to solo that speaker (the
speaker symbol turns red). That way you will only hear the
signal sent to this speaker. All other speakers are muted
(yellow speaker symbol). This can be used for testing pur
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poses, e. g. to make sure that a signal is sent to a specific
speaker as intended.
Note that you can solo several speakers at the same time by clicking on
them one after the other. By [Ctrl]/[Command]-clicking on a speaker sym
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bol, this speaker is soloed exclusively, and all other speakers are muted.
Ö Solo and Mute cannot be automated!
Restricting movement
By default, you can click anywhere in the pan area and
drag the mouse to move the sound source. If you want the
positioning handle to jump to a specific position, you can
click once at that position.
However, you can also limit movement to a specific direc-
tion, using the corresponding modifier keys (or the arrow
icons above the pan area). That way you can scale down
your movements, or have the sound source move along a
certain axis (e.
g. from bottom left to top right).
• When you press a modifier key (e. g. [Ctrl]/[Command]),
the corresponding icon above the pan area is highlighted
with a lighter border, indicating that this mode is active.
As soon as you release the modifier key, you return to standard mode.
• By clicking on one of the icons above the pan area, the
corresponding positioning mode is activated persistently.
That way you do not have to keep the corresponding mod
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ifier key pressed all the time.
To deactivate the selected positioning mode, switch back to standard
mode.
The following modes are available:
Panning the left and right channels independently with
the mouse
At the top right of the plug-in window you will find the but-
ton for the independent positioning mode. If this is acti-
vated, you can adjust the left and right input channels
(yellow and red balls) independently by clicking and drag
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ging. This is similar to using the two surround pan joysticks
found on some hardware consoles.
This speaker
is muted.
This speaker
is soloed.
This speaker
is disabled.
Icon Modifier key(s) Description
- Standard mode, no restrictions apply.
[Shift] Mouse movements are scaled to allow
very fine movements. This is useful when
panning in the miniature display in the
channel strip, for example.
[Ctrl]/[Command] Horizontal movements only.
[Ctrl]/[Command]-
[Shift]
Vertical movements only.
[Alt]/[Option] Diagonal movements only (bottom left to
top right).
[Alt]/[Option]-
[Shift]
Diagonal movements only (bottom right to
top left).
[Shift]-
[Ctrl]/[Command]-
[Alt]/[Option]
In this mode the mouse pointer immedi-
ately jumps to the positioning handle even
if it is located outside the pan area (only
visible in Overview Mode).
The independent
positioning mode
is activated.
The right channel is panned independently with the mouse.