Pan Nominal Position; Pan Nominal Position Procedure - Yamaha PM1D Supplementary Manual

Pan Nominal Position

Normally if a signal sent from an input channel to the stereo bus is panned to the far-left or far-right position,
the level will increase by +3 dB compared to when the signal is panned to the center. This is done so that a
constant volume (energy) will be output whether the signal is mono or stereo; however when inputting a ste-
reo source such as a synthesizer or CD player, you may consider this an inconvenience.
Thus, V1.6 adds the option of specifying that only paired input channels (or ST IN channels) will be at nomi-
nal level (0 dB) when pan is set to far left or right.

Pan Nominal Position procedure

Use the following procedure to enable this option.
1. Access the PAN/ROUTING function CH to MIX
screen.
The PAN NOMINAL POSITION field has been
added to this screen.
CENTER ......... If this button is on, all input chan-
nels and ST IN channels will be at
nominal level (0 dB) when panned
to the center, and +3 dB when
panned fully left or right. (This is
the default setting.)
L R.............. If this button is on, paired input
channels and ST IN channels will
be at –3 dB when panned to the
center, and at nominal level when
panned fully left or right (L63 or
R63).
2. Move the cursor to the L
[ENTER] switch.
A popup window will ask you to confirm the
changed Pan Nominal setting.
R button and press the
3. Move the cursor to the OK button and press the
[ENTER] switch.
4. Enable pairing for the desired channels, and make
sure that a mode other than BALANCE is selected
as the pan mode.
In this state, panning fully left or right will produce a
nominal level only for paired input channels and for
ST IN channels.
Pan Nominal Position does not affect unpaired
monaural input channels.
Even in the case of a paired input channel (or a
ST IN channel), this setting has no effect if the
pan mode is set to BALANCE.
In the case of L-MONO or R-MONO, this setting
has no effect; however in the LR-MONO state,
changes in the Pan Nominal Position setting will
be valid.
When you change the Pan Nominal Position set-
ting, the MIX SEND PAN of signals being sent to
paired MIX buses will also be switched.
The Pan Nominal Position of each input channel
can be viewed in the graph in the PAN/ROUT-
ING function LCR screen.
Hint
By setting Pan Nominal Position to L
minimize changes in level that occur when a paired
channel is switched between PAN, BALANCE, L-
MONO, R-MONO, or LR-MONO.
Pan Nominal Position
R, you can
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