Aviom A320 - Manual (Page 28)

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Stereo Placement
Each channel button on the A320 Personal Mixer can host either a mono or stereo channel when the A320 is
set to 32-channel mode. The advantage to this approach is in the simplicity afforded the user. A stereo source
such as a piano, drum submix, or the left/right outputs of a stereo guitar processor are easily accessible with a
single button press. This powerful feature makes it easy to keep stereo sources intact in a monitor mix rather than
forcing the performer to listen in mono to inputs that have valuable stereo spatial information. See “Setting the
Mixer Mode” on page 26 for more information.
The Stereo Placement feature controls the selected channel’s position within the current mix’s stereo image. The
A320 Personal Mixer offers a unique treatment of the stereo positioning controls for each channel in a mix. Stereo
placement on the A320 Personal Mixer uses carefully selected position locations that are musically useful and
have been optimized for use with in-ear monitors.
Every audio source can be heard in full stereo fidelity without taking up additional space on the mixer, creating
a more realistic monitor mix environment for performers wearing stereo earbuds and headphones. Using stereo
sources allows every channel to be positioned precisely in the left-right stereo image and provides a clearer, more
accurate mix at a lower volume with no loss of fidelity.
When positioning a mono or stereo channel in your mix, the central control knob uses two encoder clicks per
location as it steps through the various options as described below.
Mono Channels
A mono channel’s position in the stereo field is indicated with a single LED that is green when centered, or red
when panned left or right.
The default centered pan position for a mono channel A mono channel shown panned
To position a mono channel, first press the S
tereo
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button; its green triangle LED will light. Turn the
central control knob left or right. To return the selected channel to its default center position, make sure that
the green Stereo Placement LED is lit, and then turn the central control knob until the green LED is shown in the
center of the LED display.