Use Space Designer output parameters

Use the output parameters to adjust the balance between the direct, or dry, signals and the processed signals. The parameters that are available depend on Space Designer’s input configuration.

Space Designer provides two output sliders—the Dry slider for the direct signal, and the Rev slider for the reverb signal—when you insert it as a mono, mono to stereo, or stereo effect.

• Set the level of the Dry slider: Move to set the level of the non-effect, or dry, signal. Move the slider to a value of 0 (mute) if Space Designer is inserted in a bus channel or you are using modeling impulse responses, such as speaker simulations.

• Set the level of the Rev(erb) slider: Move to adjust the output level of the effect, or wet, signal.

Use the output parameters to adjust the balance between the direct, or dry, signal and the processed signals. The parameters that are available depend on Space Designer’s input configuration.

In surround configurations, Space Designer provides four output sliders that together comprise a small surround output mixer.

• Set the level of the C(enter) slider: Move to adjust the output level of the center channel independently of other surround channels.

• Set the level of the Bal(ance) slider: Move to set the level balance between the front (L-C-R) and rear (Ls-Rs) channels.

  • In 7.1 ITU surround, the balance pivots around the Lm-Rm speakers, taking the surround angles into account.

  • In 7.1 SDDS surround, the Lc-Rc speakers are considered front speakers.

• Set the level of the Rev(erb) slider: Move to adjust the output level of the effect, or wet, signal for all channels.

• Set the level of the Dry slider: Move to set the overall level of the non-effect signal for all channels. Move the slider to a value of 0 (mute) when you use Space Designer as a bus effect in an aux channel strip. Use the Send knob of each bussed channel strip to control the wet/dry balance.

The Spread and Xover (crossover) knobs enhance the perceived width of the signal without losing the directional information of the input signal normally found in the higher frequency range. Low frequencies are spread to the sides, reducing the amount of low frequency content in the center—allowing the reverb to encompass the mix.

• Set the level of the Spread knob and field: Rotate to extend the stereo or surround base to frequencies that fall below the frequency determined by the Xover parameter.

  • At a Spread value of 0.00, no stereo or surround information is added. (The inherent stereo or surround information of the source signal and reverb, however, is retained.)

  • At a Spread value of 1.00, the left and right channel divergence is at its maximum.

• Set the level of the Xover knob and field: Rotate to set the crossover frequency in Hertz. Any synthesized impulse response frequency that falls below the value you set will be affected by the Spread parameter (at values over 0).