Building A Theater - Defining Channels; Profiles - Focal ASTRAL 16 Manuel D'utilisation

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Building a Theater - Defining Channels

To assign analog outputs to particular channels,
you must build a theater. A theater may occupy
as few as 2 channels or as many as 16. There are
over 90 options for theaters. Any channels left
over may be assigned to secondary multi-channel
theaters, 2 channel A/V zones, audio only zones,
mono zones or headphone zones. A physical
output can only be assigned to one theater or
zone.
To assign channel outputs, you must first build
a Theater or Zone. Theaters are multi-channel
systems. Zones are either 1 or 2 channel audio or
audio/video zones. Any theaters or zones created
appear to the right and are listed by their names
which you assign. By default, Astral 16 ships with
a 2 channel theater configured. To build your own,
delete this theater and create a new one.
Click EDIT, then DELETE. Click OK to confirm. You
will be returned to the Main Speakers page.
1. Create Theater
Click Create Theater to build your new theater.
Theater 1 will appear to the right of the Create
Theater button. Click Configure to proceed.
2. Select Speaker Layout
All possible loudspeaker layouts based
available channel count are listed. A shorter list
"Recommended by Focal" is listed by default and
contains most commonly used options. Click All
to see all possible options.
Definitions are titled by channel
in the following order. Base Layer . LFE .
Height Layer . Top Layer. For example, 9.1.0.6
would feature 9 ear level speakers, 1 sub
channel, 0 height speakers (common
for Auro3D layouts), and 6 ceiling speakers.
For each definition, you can use the matrix to see
how compatible that layout is with each of the 3
codecs and which possible speaker locations are
occupied. To reduce ambiguity, you can also click
VIEW to see the layout visualized in a room.
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Top
Height
Base
Sub
Click Select to choose your desired speaker
layout.
3. Refine Theater Definition
Once you select your desired speaker layout, you
have the option to refine certain settings.
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• Ways per Speaker (LCR): For the front left,
center, and right speakers, you can define
multi-way active loudspeakers up to 3 ways
per speaker.
Surround Layers:
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surround channels to increase coverage in
large rooms to match seating row count.
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• Subwoofers: Though there is only 1 LFE
channel, you can specify the number of
channels which will drive discrete subwoofers.
Unlike daisy chaining
only
channel can have its own settings and EQ.
• Enabled Mode Layers: When using customized
Dolby Atmos up-firing loudspeakers in place
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of ceiling mounted top layer speakers, choose
whether these speakers are mounted on top
of the Front, Side or Back loudspeakers.
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Custom Channel Duplicator: Check this box
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and enter the number of duplicates for any
channel in the theater.
• Phantom Center: If no discrete center channel
speaker is present, checking this box will
remove the center channel from the theater
definition.
Any changes made here can be visualized by
clicking the PREVIEW button. Once your theater
is defined properly, click SAVE to proceed. You
will then be directed towards a page where you
can make speaker based adjustments.
For each Theater, Sub-Theater, and zone, you
can save multiple profiles for different listening
preferences. Profiles can be recalled as part of
presets "Presets". A profile includes the following
information: Speaker definition (multi-way, levels,
delays), bass management, manual EQ, and Dirac
filter design if applied.
Some clients have different EQ profiles based on
the type of content they listen to e.g. movies vs.
music.
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1. Rename
By default, one profile is created called New
Profile 1. You can rename this to something more
descriptive.
2. New
Optionally duplicate
Click New to build a new profile from defaults.
3. Duplicate
Build a variation on a saved profile. This is
especially useful if you have a profile designed with
subwoofers, each
Dirac Live. Since you cannot edit Dirac reference
profiles directly, you can build a duplicate and edit
that duplicate.
4. Save
After any changes to a profile or creation of a new
one, you must SAVE your changes.
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