Behringer DANALOG DDX3216, Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...ENGLISH Version 1 0 May 2003 SURROUND OPTION Brief Instructions Set ...

Page 2: ... receivers offer corresponding decoders while numerous Hi Fi surround speaker sets support the 5 1 speaker configuration requirement Until now only well to do studios with massive digital consoles could produce Professional Surround Today all DDX3216 users can do it too The new surround update transforms the DDX3216 automated digital mixing console into a full fledged surround mixer with extensive...

Page 3: ... surround mode on the DDX3216 busses 11 through 16 are used for the 6 surround channels giving you a true 5 1 mix You can alternate between the standard stereo and 5 1 surround mix at any time or you can use them both at the same time Therefore you don t have to do without any old functions rather think of it as if you simply got extra surround functions added to your system 2 ...

Page 4: ...Off Select Dialing in surround panning on the desired channel via a second PAN display page labeled SURROUND Live movements of a selected sound source channel through the surround space Saving surround pan automating via SNAPSHOT and DYNAMIC AUTOMATION possible controlled using the PAN parameter New MIDI control possibilities using DIRECT PAR SYSEX for expanded surround parameters on channels 1 32...

Page 5: ...l songs you can set TIME COUNTER RELATIVE to ON at the start position of the song or song segment you wish to modify This way the actual current locator value is assigned 00 00 00 00 on the DDX3216 as its new time position All locator operations such as forward return play etc still remain in sync with one another it is only the time code display that is relative to the actual tape position 4 SURR...

Page 6: ... parameters in channel routing menu see ch 4 1 Additionally the display has a surround MUTE switch per channel and is active in the factory default i e mute on Even when MUTE is deactivated the signal may still be inaudible Either the CHANNEL MUTE key is active or the CHANNEL MUTE AFTER FADER function see chapter 12 3 2 under Setup Preferences is not correctly set If the latter is active POST fade...

Page 7: ... 100 0 100 o If you only change the ANGLE parameter you can let the sound source circle in the surround space This is done with the distance from the middle point that was set using DISTANCE o If you want to move the sound source diagonally through the surround space you have to simultaneously modify the ANGLE and DISTANCE parameters o If the DISTANCE value is smaller than 100 100 corresponds to 1...

Page 8: ...mes out of the center speaker When DIVERG 100 the signal only comes out of the left and right speakers When DIVERG 50 the signal comes from the front left front right and the center speaker simultaneously Divergence lets you for example widen the sound of the voice of a singer whose voice comes from the front middle thus leading to a much more pleasant sounding voice than the sound that is otherwi...

Page 9: ...UTING If the SURROUND mode is activated busses 11 to 16 are allocated as follows o Bus 11 LF Left Front o Bus 12 RF Right Front o Bus 13 LS Left Surround o Bus 14 RS Right Surround o Bus 15 CF Center Front o Bus 16 SW Sub Woofer 8 ...

Page 10: ...mes an angle of 30 off the 0 axis to the left to the right for the front left and right speakers for the back surround speakers this angle should be 110 to the left to the right The subwoofer does not necessarily have to be in the middle it can also be placed halfway left or right in the front listening area provided that the critical frequency is not too high The human ear can not physically loca...

Page 11: ...ding out a surround track is more complicated than fading out a conventional stereo mix where you basically only have to pull down the fader To achieve a proportional fade out while still keeping the individual signal level balance of single surround tracks you can simply group the surround busses faders hit GROUP key select faders with SELECT also see chapter 7 1 and then use any one of the group...

Page 12: ...ever the DDX3216 has no internal encoder necessary for encrypting into DOLBY Digital or DTS formats Encoders are not exactly inexpensive and you can get them from various hardware and software suppliers More information on the subject can be found under www dolby com or www dtsonline com If you want to encrypt your own multitrack surround mixes in the above mentioned standard formats you need a DT...

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Page 14: ... on the multi track software you used to initially produce the surround mix A freeware encoder that supports the surround function is also available You can get the WINDOWS Media Encoder 9 at the MICROSOFT homepage www microsoft com under WINDOWS Media WMEncoder exe v 9 Use this encoder to produce surround recordings with data compression The software player decodes the surround signal correspondi...

Page 15: ...el ADAT signal does not help the matter as no Hi Fi receiver amplifier supports this format 2 CONNECTING TO THE 6 CHANNEL ANALOG IN Some high end home cinema receivers amplifiers have a separate 6 channel analog input for connecting external decoders e g those found in DVD players You can use this 6 channel input for connecting 6 DDX3216 analog outputs or for connecting 6 analog return surround si...

Page 16: ...n their home cinema receivers amplifiers merely uses the internal DSP chip to generate virtual surround effects for conventional headphones GAPS WHICH MAY OCCUR DURING SURROUND PANNING When you modify a sound source in a circle acoustic gaps may occur or you may perceive acoustic jumps from one speaker to another This is by no means a defect of the surround option of the DDX3216 it is a normal phe...

Page 17: ...d lead to storage issues with extra long films or DVDs that contain many special features DTS was developed in 1990 by Terry Beard and 3 years later Universal Studios and other investors came out with the first ever film with DTS sound Steven Spielberg s Jurassic Park DOLBY DIGITAL or AC 3 was introduced in 1992 and is the next logical step in the development of the first digital surround format A...

Page 18: ...med frequency were matrix encoded and encrypted into 2 audio tracks In doing so it was possible to encode these 4 audio channels onto 2 tracks and transmit them along with the stereo TV signal and also record it on a stereo VCR DOLBY Surround ProLogic is almost identical to the above two but allows for better channel separation DOLBY ProLogic II even makes reproduction on 5 1 speaker sets possible...

Page 19: ...gh quality THX Surround EX is the highest current surround standard It is the result of cooperation between LUCASFILM Ltd and DOLBY Laboratories It supports 7 1 channels in home DVD applications front left right center subwoofer surround left right as well as two rear center speakers Surround Back For more information visit www thx com SONY s answer to having a surround system with 8 separate chan...

Page 20: ...worth noting that DTS can encode up to 8 audio channels at 24 bit 96 kHz and with noticeably lower data compression rate than DOLBY Digital or MPEG 2 SACD Super Audio CD is based on DVD 9 one of the many Digital Versatile Disc media types available and offers Dual Layering that is there are two separately scanable layers The first layer corresponds to the Red Book Standard and offers full compatib...

Page 21: ...Basically there are currently 3 plausibilities 1 If you want to listen to a surround mix at home or at the studio you can use multi track hardware or software that was also used to create the mix Advantage Mix available for manipulation at all times Disadvantage Not compatible to popular surround formats complete set of equipment hast to be powered up on average at least a computer plus an audio s...

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