Yamaha DM1000 Owner's Manual - Page 121

Surround Functions 121 11 Surround Functions This chapter describes surround panning, which determines how Input Channel signals are panned within and across the stereo field. It also describes the DM1000's surround monitoring capabilities, which enable you to monitor, in a surround sound environment, DM1000 surround mixes or surround sources input via the slots. Using Surround Pan About Surround Pan The Surround Pan function places a sound image within a two-dimensional field using a multi-channel playback system, and pans the image to the front, rear, left, and right in relation to the listening position. To pan the stereo image, you can use the Parameter wheel, [INC]/[DEC] buttons, or Joystick. You can also store the surround pan settings in a Scene, or record the movement of the sound image to Automixes. In addition to a normal Stereo mode, the DM1000 features the following three Surround modes: • 3-1 This mode uses four channels that include front left, front right, front center, and rear. Front L Center Front R • 5.1 This mode uses six channels that include front left, front right, rear left, rear right, front center, and subwoofer. Front L Surround Subwoofer Center Front R 11 Surround Functions Rear L Rear R • 6.1 This mode uses seven channels that include six channels of 5.1 mode plus rear center. Front L Subwoofer Center Front R Rear L Rear center Rear R DM1000-Owner's Manual