Native Instruments Absynth 5 Reference Manual page 85

After switching the Surround switch in the top left corner on, up to six yellow dots appear in
the ring to the right. Each of them represents one channel of the current effect: If you use
the Echoes effect with only two echoes active, two dots are displayed. If you use all six slots
of the Multicomb effect, six markers are displayed.
This ring represents the surround panorama with the front heading up. The channels' position
within this panorama depends on three factors:
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The channel's individual Pan setting: Except for the Resonators and Aetherizer effects,
you can adjust an individual panorama for each channel. This value ranges from 0 to 100,
where 0 is completely left, 50 in the middle and 100 at the right.
! By default, the Resonators are distributed evenly, i.e. with pan settings of 0, 50 and 100.
The grains in the Aetherizer are randomly panned in the field.
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The global Spread value: If you imagine the stereo panorama as a line from left to right,
you can bend it to form a ring around your central listening position. The Spread value
determines how much the line is stretched and bended.
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The global Position value: Turning this knob moves the complete channel arrangement.
At a middle value, the mean position of the arrangement is in front of the listener (graph-
ically, at the display's top). The more you increase the Position value, the more this mean
point moves clockwise.
Spread Control
The Spread control bends the left-right stereo line to form a ring around the listening position.
More precisely, it acts as follows:
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There is no spatial extension at a minimum value, i.e. the line is reduced to a point in
front of the listener.
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The line is formed to a semicircle at a middle Spread value.
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This ring is closed at maximum Spread value.
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