SURROUND PANNER

Controls

• Format5.1 / 7.1 / 7.1.4 — The bed it pans into: 5.1, 7.1 or 7.1.4, on the pins L R C LFE Ls Rs Lrs Rrs Ltf Rtf Ltr Rtr (the pins a format does not use stay silent).
• InputMono / Stereo — Mono pans one source and spreads it; Stereo places the left and right inputs either side of Azimuth.
• Azimuth−180 to +180 deg — Where the sound sits around the room, from -180 to 180 degrees, 0 in front, negative to the left.
• Elevation0 to 90 deg — How high the sound sits in 7.1.4, from 0 (ear level) to 90 degrees (overhead).
• Spread0 to 180 deg — Mono: how wide the source is spread (0 to 180 degrees). Stereo: the angle between left and right (60 is the front pair).
• Center0 to 100% — How much of a front sound plays from the centre speaker; below 100 % it moves into a phantom centre between L and R.
• LFE−60 to 0 dB — Sends the mono sum through a 120 Hz low-pass to the LFE, from -60 dB (Off) to 0 dB.
• Output−24 to +12 dB — Gain on every pin (-24 to +12 dB).

Best uses

• Place a stereo music stem or a mono effect in a 5.1 or 7.1 mix
• Put pads, ambiences and flyovers above the listener in 7.1.4
• Keep dialogue in the centre, or make it phantom
• Feed the LFE from a bass or an effect

Properties

Pairwise power-normalised VBAP on the ear-level ring (speakers as ITU-R BS.775 / BS.2051: L/R at 30 degrees, 5.1 surrounds at 110, 7.1 sides at 90 and rears at 150, tops at 45 and 135 degrees, elevation 45). Elevation crossfades the power from the ear level to the tops. A mono source with Spread is seven points with their powers averaged, so its level stays the same. The LFE send is a 4th-order Linkwitz-Riley low-pass at 120 Hz. The gains glide over about 20 ms. No latency. Twelve output pins: in REAPER set the track to 12 channels and route the pins to your bed. The player on this site plays pins 1 and 2 only.

Formats

• JSFXJSFX for REAPER, with REAPER's own sliders
• GFXJSFX GFX for REAPER, with its own interface
• VST3VST3 for any DAW
• CLAPCLAP for any DAW

Factory presets

Stereo to 5.1 Front · Stereo to 7.1 Front · Stereo Wide to Sides · Stereo Phantom Center · Mono Dialogue Center · Mono Ambience Surround · Mono Rear Left · Mono Overhead · Mono Front Height · Stereo Pad Above · Bass with LFE · Effects with LFE

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