Duality SE Operator's Manual - Solid State Logic

Console OperationsChannel panAt the bottom of the channel strip is a fully featured 5.1 panning section for both the Main Mix bussesas well as the 24 Track Busses. With the most complete implementation found on any analogueconsole, the feature set includes a dedicated LFE send and a fully variable ‘Focus’ control to alter thephantom/hard centre mix for signals located in the front channels.The default arrangement is for stereo panning to three pairs of Main Mix busses — A, B and C. The24 Track Busses normally pick up the mono post fader channel output. On the centre section routingpanel, selecting pan tO trK routes the LR pan outputs to odd/even pairs of Track Busses.Selecting 5.1 pan enables the full 6-channel panning options for both the Main Mix busses and the Track Busses, if pantO trK is also selected. Local LEDs in each panning section indicate whether that channel has been selected to either ofthese two modes. When 5.1 panning is not enabled, only the LR (Left/Right) pan control is active.If the centre section function eFx tO trK is selected, this replaces the normal feed to the Track Busses and defeats 5.1panning to the busses.The channel panning section features XY style 5.1 panning via LR (Left/Right) and FR (Front/Rear) controls with additionallFe and Focus functions. The lFe control feeds a variable amount of the channel output to a dedicated LFE (subwoofer)bus (see more on this in the Centre section).The Focus control alters the proportion of input signal fed to the front Left/Right busses and the Centre bus, enablingchannel signals to be focussed from a ‘hard’ centre, all the way through to a true phantom centre. As the Focus knob isrotated clockwise from the LR position, a centrally panned signal is progressively attenuated in the left and right busses, whilethe gain to the centre channel is increased. When fully clockwise, the LR pan pot becomes a three-channel discrete LCRpanner. As the Focus control is returned to the LR position, variable amounts of divergence are introduced so that, at the12 o’clock position, signal is present in the three front channels at equal level. As you continue to turn before 12 o’clock,the centre channel is then progressively reduced, leaving only the phantom (Left + Right) centre image at the fullyanticlockwise position.2-10 Duality se V3 Operator’s Manual