Mixing In Surround; Surround Bus Routing; Surround Bus Metering; Monitoring - Akai DPS 24 Reference Manual

MIXING IN SURROUND

Surround Bus Routing

Routing of channels to the surround bus is done in exactly the same way as routing to the
main L/R bus in stereo mode.
The L/R ASSIGN key allows routing channels to the Main Surround Bus.
The L/R MASTER fader controls the overall level of the mix as in stereo mode.

Surround Bus Metering

Meters for the surround outputs are displayed in the MAIN SCREEN, MIXER pages and on
the MASTER CHANNEL page, formatted according to the current surround mode.

Monitoring

• Downmix modes
When in Surround mode the NEAR key enables a fold-down of the surround mix to
Stereo, output via the Main L/R DPS24 outputs (Front Left and Front Right speakers in
all configurations).
All other surround monitor outputs are muted while this function is in operation. The
NEAR key will flash when the stereo fold-down function is active.
When in Surround mode the MONO key enables a fold-down of the surround mix to
Mono, output via the Main L/R DPS24 outputs (Front Left and Front Right speakers in
all configurations).
All other surround monitor outputs are muted while this function is in operation. The
MONO key will flash when the mono fold-down function is active.
• Surround monitoring Mute/Solo
In the MASTER CHANNEL page, it is also possible to MUTE or SOLO individual Sur-
round busses for monitoring purposes, using Q1-Q6 as MUTE/SOLO switches for each
bus, and F5/F6 as a global MUTE/SOLO RESET key.
In normal Surround operation (i.e. not Downmix), the surround busses are muted/solo'ed
on their respective output. For instance, if the Center Channel is Solo'ed, the other busses
will be muted and the Center bus will appear only in the Center output.
In Downmix modes (Mono or Stereo fold-down), the Solo'ed busses are routed to the
Front L/R monitors. For instance, if the Center Channel is Solo'ed, the other busses will
be muted and the Center bus will appear in the Front Left/Right monitor outputs (and
not in the Center monitor output).

MIXING IN SURROUND

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