Additional information, Editing sound field parameters, What is a sound field – Yamaha HTR-5760 User Manual

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EDITING SOUND FIELD PARAMETERS

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What really creates the rich, full tones of a live instrument
are the multiple reflections from the walls of the room. In
addition to making the sound “live”, these reflections
enable us to tell where the player is situated, and the size
and shape of the room in which we are sitting.

Elements of a sound field

In any environment, in addition to the direct sound coming
straight to our ears from the player’s instrument, there are
two distinct types of sound reflections that combine to
make up the sound field:

Early reflections

Reflected sounds reach our ears extremely rapidly (50 ms
– 100 ms after the direct sound), after reflecting from one
surface only — for example, from the ceiling or a wall.
Early reflections actually add clarity to the direct sound.

Reverberations

These are caused by reflections from more than one
surface — walls, ceiling, the back of the room — so
numerous that they merge together to form a continuous
sonic “afterglow”. They are non-directional, and lessen
the clarity of the direct sound.

Direct sound, early reflections and subsequent
reverberation taken together help us to determine the
subjective size and shape of the room, and it is this
information that the digital sound field processor
reproduces in order to create sound fields.

If you could create the appropriate early reflections and
subsequent reverberations in your listening room, you
would be able to create your own listening environment.
The acoustics in your room could be changed to those of a
concert hall, a dance floor, or virtually any size room at
all. This ability to create sound fields at will is exactly
what YAMAHA has done with the digital sound field
processor.

You can enjoy good quality sound with the factory preset
parameters. Although you do not have to change the initial
settings, you can change some of the parameters to better
suit the input source or your listening room.

1

Press AMP.

2

Turn on the video monitor and
press ON SCREEN repeatedly
to select the full display
mode.

3

Select the sound field program you want to
adjust.

EDITING SOUND FIELD PARAMETERS

What is a sound field

Changing parameter settings

TRANSMIT

CODE SET

STANDBY

SYSTEM

POWER

CD

MD/CD-R

TUNER

V-AUX

DVD

AMP

POWER

POWER

VOLUME

TV MUTE

TV INPUT

TV VOL

TV CH

AV

TV

VCR 1

DVR/VCR2

DTV/CBL

MULTI CH IN

SLEEP

REC

AUDIO

MUTE

MENU

TITLE

DISC SKIP

SET MENU

LEVEL

A/B/C/D/E

TEST

ON SCREEN

STRAIGHT

ROCK

JAZZ

HALL

STEREO

4

3

2

1

8

10

7

0

9

6

5

ENTER

MOVIE

TV THTR

MUSIC

ENTERTAIN

EX/ES

NIGHT

q

/DTS

EFFECT

DISPLAY

RETURN

SELECT

PRESET/CH

4,5

1

3

2

AMP

ON SCREEN

DISPLAY

STRAIGHT

ROCK

JAZZ

HALL

STEREO

4

3

2

1

8

10

7

0

9

6

5

ENTER

MOVIE

TV THTR

MUSIC

ENTERTAIN

EX/ES

NIGHT

q

/DTS

EFFECT

P08 MOVIE THEATER

.

General

DSP LEVEL

;;;;0dB

P.INIT.DLY

;;15ms

P.ROOM SIZE

;;1.0

S.INIT.DLY

;;20ms

S.ROOM SIZE

;;1.0

Program No.

Program name

Parameters

Parameter values

Cursor

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