Plug-in Reference

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The Included Effect Plug-ins
Surround Plug-ins
Depending on whether you solo a channel in the input or output configuration, the
following applies:
- For output configurations, you can only hear the soloed speaker’s channel in the
downmix.
- For input configurations, you can hear the influence of the soloed speaker’s
channel on the downmix.
MixerDelay
MixerDelay allows you to adjust and manipulate each individual channel in a surround
track, group or bus.
• Above the individual channel controls you find global buttons for turning off Mute,
Solo and Invert Phase switches for all channels.
For each channel the following controls are available:
Ö It is common for the center channel in a 5.1 speaker configuration to be closer to the
mix position in order to accommodate large video monitors or projection screens. In
cases like this, MixerDelay can be used to compensate for the center channel being
too close. Simply adjust the delay for the center channel by the difference in distance
(in cm) between it and the other speakers to the mix position. You must delay the
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Parameter Description
Mute button Allows you to mute individual channels.
Solo button Allows you to solo individual channels.
Inv button Lets you invert the phase or polarity for individual channels.
Delay slider Allows you to delay individual speaker channels. The delay times are
shown in milliseconds and centimeters, making this feature very
useful for distance compensation when playing back surround mixes
on different speaker setups, etc.
Level slider Allows you to fine-tune the volume balance between the surround
channels.
Volume meter Shows the level of the input signal.
Routing section Lets you select/switch the outputs for the channels quickly. You can
assign the same output to several channels by holding down the
[Alt]/[Option] key while selecting. Note that there are also several
channel routing presets available.