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ABSYNTH 5 Reference Manual – 25

ABSYNTH5 can have up to eight separate audio outputs. The fundamentals for conguring

your audio and MIDI interfaces can be found in the Getting Started guide. The Surround page

can then be used to assign your output channels to specic positions in the panoramic eld.

In the Surround menu sitting at the top of the page, you can choose from the following con-

gurations:

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2Stereo: This standard conguration delivers typical two-channel stereo sound. In this

setting, the speakers are situated at 45 degrees and -45 degrees.

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2StereoWide: This conguration is easy to distinguish from 2 Stereo: Both front speak-

ers are arranged at 90° and -90°. This results in a wider stereo soundscape.

• 3Surround: This conguration returns to analog Matrix surround sound. It is well known

under the names of, for example, Dolby Surround™ (home entertainment center) or Dolby

Stereo™ (movie theatre), but without a front center channel. Here, there is a central rear

channel as well as left- and right front ch3 Front: This conguration replaces the central

rear channel of the previous conguration with a center front channel, which leads to

better distribution in the stereo soundscape than a classic stereo conguration.

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4Surround: This conguration combines a 3 Surround conguration with a front-center

channel and is also known under the name Dolby Surround Pro Logic™.

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4Quad: This four-channel conguration is based on the quadraphonic systems that were

popular with consumers in the 1970’s. The four speakers are arranged symmetrically in

a square shape.

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5Music: This ve-channel surround sound conguration is comparable to top-of-the-line

home theater arrangements and movie theaters systems, known as, for example, Dolby

Digital™ or DTS™. This system provides you with three front channels (left, center, right)

and two surround channels (surround left, surround right).

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5Pentaphonic: This conguration delivers ve-channel surround sound, where the ve

channels are arranged symmetrically in a circle.

• 6Music: This conguration corresponds to a 5 Music conguration, but contains an ad-

ditional rear center channel. This arrangement is used by, for example, the surround sound

systems Dolby Digital EX™ and DTS-ES™.

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