TC Electronic Broadcast 6000 - Manual (Page 10)

Introduction
6 System 6000 MKII Algorithms
Channel distribution in
surround algorithms
To best comply with the channel allocation used
by most digital AES-format equipment the Input/
Output channels on surround algorithms are al-
located as follows:
1 Left
2 Right
3 Center
4 LFE
5 Left Surround
6 Right Surround
These channel allocations comply with the fol-
lowing standards:
– ITU-Recommendation ITU-R BR.1384, Param-
eters for International Exchange of Multichan-
nel Sound Recordings, 1998
– SMPTE 320 M-1999, for Television – Channel
Assignments and Levels on Multichannel Au-
dio Media
– Surround Sound Forum Recommended Prac-
tice SSF-02/1-E-2 (3-5-99), Multichannel Re-
cording Format, Parameters for Programme
Interchange and Archiving, Alignment of Re-
production Equipment
Grouping the Inputs/Outputs this way ensures
optimal flexibility for further external processing
and archiving, when working on setups following
the above mentioned standards.
It is, however, worth noticing that total routing-
flexibility of physical Inputs/Outputs to Engine
Inputs/Outputs is available on System 6000 via
the Routing page.
Metering in the engine edit pages
For logical channel metering in the various sur-
round algorithms, the meters on the Engine Edit
pages are displayed in the following order.
Meters sequence: Left – Center – Right –
Surround Left – Surround Right – LFE
We believe that by displaying the meters on the
Engine Edit pages in the same order as your
speakers are physically placed, the most intuitive
metering of channel-levels is achieved.