Audio Channel Operations

Product: Flyer

Platforms: 2000 3000 3000T 4000 4000T

How Audio Channel Output Works

The audio tracks embedded in a clip are considered "1" and "2," not "left" and "right," since they don't necessarily have to be routed to the outside world out the left and right RCA jacks.

1) If Channels = Stereo, then channel 1 audio is routed to the left output, channel 2 is routed to the right output (as originally recorded) and no signal intermixing occurs. The Balance control adjusts the differential volume of the L/R channels. With Balance at center, both channels get the full volume shown by the Volume slider. If you move it off center to the left, the left channels still gets same volume, but right volume decreases somewhat. This is proportional: the closer the Balance control is to hard left, the more the right channel is faded to 0. (This works similarly in the opposite direction.) You are not increasing the volume of the side you move Balance toward; rather, you are decreasing the volume of the other channel.

2) If Channels = Left only or Right only, then the one selected audio track is output to both left and right outputs, in the proportion set by the Balance control. In this case, Balance acts like a pan control which selects where to place the mono signal (spatially). By moving the Balance control hard left or hard right, a mono signal can be made to come out only the left or only the right output.