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USAGE INSTRUCTIONS – REAR PANEL 

 

SPEAKER POSITION 

The 

Angle

 and 

Distance

 CV inputs allow you to offset the position of the speaker. 

When these CV inputs are used, a second ghost speaker will appear on the front 
screen. This ghost is the actual position of the speaker used in the 3D calculations. 

When you use the mouse to move the speaker, you are moving the brighter 
reference speaker. The ghost speaker will always use the CV inputs as an offset 
from the reference. 

The 

Elev 

CV input will offset the elevation of the audio source. 

The 

Shift Perpendicular 

CV input will move the audio source perpendicular to its current position. If the 

speaker is currently at 0°, then this input will move the speaker left and right. This input is very useful for 
creating 'fly by' Doppler effects. Again the calculated position is shown using the ghost speaker on the front 
display. 

CV OUT 

The 

Angle

 CV output gives a control signal that represents the current angle of the speaker. One use for this is 

to pass this signal into the Angle input of a second Revolution device, and then apply an offset using the Angle 
knob on the front panel. 

The 

Distance

 CV outputs the calculated distance from the listener.  

Of course these CV outputs can be used to control many devices in Reason, and you can then use the front 
display as a unique control surface. 

PRE-3D 

The 

Pre-3D

 audio outputs the delayed and attenuated audio before the 3D effect is applied. This is useful for 

when multiple Revolution devices are chained to make audio appear to bounce around 3D space. See the 
included 

Crazy Echo

 combinator patch for an example of this. 

AUDIO IN 

The 

Left

 and 

Right

 inputs are for your source audio. If a stereo signal is used, it will be mixed down to mono 

before the 3D effect is applied. 

AUDIO OUT 

Summary of Contents for Revolution

Page 1: ...Rack Extension for Propellerhead Reason User Manual Version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...a sound is placed outside of the normal left right audio field that standard stereo panning allows WHY USE 3D AUDIO One obvious reason is for effect a sound coming out of 3D space may surprise the listener and add variation to a track Another important use is to extend the stereo field for people listening on headphones Listening to music on headphones is more common than ever but normal stereo pa...

Page 3: ...io delay due to elevation which is the main cue we use for location The 3D effect will not work with mono speakers such as mobile phones although the 3D audio will mix down to mono reasonably well The minimum distance from the listener is 2 metres which gives around 6ms delay The algorithms cannot produce lower delays without excessive CPU load ...

Page 4: ...being moved further from the listener At 100 it will give a realistic attenuation at 0 it will not reduce the volume for any distance The Zoom slider zooms the centre display in and out At minimum zoom the display represents 100 metre radius at maximum zoom it only shows 10 metre radius SPEAKER ELEVATION The Elevation control adjusts the height of the speaker above or below the listener It ranges ...

Page 5: ... the calculated position is shown using the ghost speaker on the front display CV OUT The Angle CV output gives a control signal that represents the current angle of the speaker One use for this is to pass this signal into the Angle input of a second Revolution device and then apply an offset using the Angle knob on the front panel The Distance CV outputs the calculated distance from the listener ...

Page 6: ...ct RECORDING MOTION By default Revolution does not create a Reason track If you wish to record the motion of the speaker then you must right click on the device and select the Create Track for option Once this is done you can record the motion of the speaker from either the knobs or by using the mouse on the display Moving the speaker in the display will automatically create Angle and Distance aut...

Page 7: ...rvie DLD Technology Ltd http www dldtechnology com Logos and additional graphics by Steven James Chimera Creations http www chimeracreations co uk Additional patches by Linus Wileryd Navi Retlav Simon Bader Thanks to all that have helped test Revolution on the DLD beta test group ...

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