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4.2.14 – P
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In addition to stereo panning, K-Mix is able to leverage its outputs and
rotary controls to spatialize audio in multiple surround sound formats.
Surround Panning Mode does not have its own mode button associated
with it. Instead, it is enabled and disabled by holding down the [SHIFT]
button and pressing the [PAN] button.
Enabling surround effectively changes the way Pan Mode functions, from a more traditional stereo panning
paradigm, to a surround sound panning paradigm.
4.2.14.1 – E
NABLING
To enable and disable Surround Panning Mode, do the following:
1. Press the [PAN] button to enter Stereo Panning Mode.
2. Press and hold the [SHIFT] button.
3. While [SHIFT] is still held down, press the [PAN] button. Your K-Mix will now be in Surround Panning
Mode.
4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 to disable Surround Panning Mode. This will return your K-Mix to Stereo
Panning Mode.
Once surround is enabled, you are free to leave Pan Mode (to, say, EQ Mode) with no disruption to
the current stereo/surround panning state; surround panning will still be enabled. When you press the
[PAN] button to return to Pan Mode, your K-Mix will still be operating in Surround Panning Mode. You
will only be able to go back to stereo panning by disabling surround with the steps listed above.
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It is definitely important to be able to visually tell whether or not surround panning is enabled or not.
As such, there are a couple visual cues that will let you know when surround is enabled.
• The [SHIFT] button will stay lit up when surround is enabled and you are in Pan Mode. The LED
will turn off, however, if you leave Pan Mode for another mode.
• The LEDs of all three of the Aux mode buttons (Aux1, Aux2, and Aux3) will turn off when
surround panning is enabled. This is because all outputs levels (except the headphone output)
are linked to the main output bus level when using surround, so Aux modes are disabled.
4.2.14.2 – W
It is important to note that there are some differences in the way the K-Mix controls behave when
panning in surround versus panning in stereo.
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When in Surround Panning Mode, the faders largely continue to function as though they do in Mains
Mode.
• Faders 1–8 continue to control the level of input channels 1–8.
• A notable difference is that the master fader now controls the level of all output bus pairs (Main,
)
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