Aviom A360 - Manual (Page 31)

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Stereo Placement
The A360 Personal Mixer offers a unique treatment of the stereo positioning controls for each channel
in a mix. 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 mix’s stereo
image and provides a clearer, more accurate mix at a lower volume with no loss of fidelity.
P N
ote
: The pan controls have no effect on the Mono Mix Out.
Mono Channels
The Stereo Placement section controls the selected channel’s position within the mix’s stereo image. A
mono channel’s position in the stereo field is indicated with a single green LED (when centered) or with
one or two red LEDs (when panned left or right).
When a mono channel is selected, the yellow S
tereo
LED will always be unlit and the Spread function is
unavailable. Pressing the S
PreAD
button when a mono channel is selected will cause the yellow LEDs in
both the Spread button and the Stereo indicator to flash briefly as an indication that the feature is not
available for the current mono channel.
The default centered Pan position for a mono channel (left), and a mono channel shown panned (right)
To position a mono channel, turn the P
AN
knob left or right. The Pan LEDs have two brightness levels each,
high and low.
To return the selected channel to its default position, turn the P
AN
knob until the green Pan LED is shown
in the center of the Stereo Placement display.
Stereo Channels
Each channel button (including the Dual Profile Channel) on the A360 Personal Mixer can host either a
mono or stereo channel. 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 save input channels.
Stereo sources are set up at the Pro16 or Pro16e input device feeding the A360 Personal Mixers by simply
setting the stereo/mono Link switch for a pair of channels. On the A360, the stereo channel behavior is
slightly different for the two variations of A-Net it can receive. The Pro16 version has a fixed 16-channel
maximum, while the Pro16e version offers an assignable pool of up to 64 source channels, connected to
up to four input devices, that may be mapped to the A360’s sixteen mix channel buttons, the Dual Profile
Channel, and the Ambience button.