M-Audio Wizoo Darbuka [24/30] Knob mode

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Mix Page Vertical Axis

This option determines which parameter you change by moving an instrument symbol vertically in the Mix

Page. You ﬁnd the same parameter in the Mix page too, but the setting here gets saved as a default setting

when you click “Save as defaults”..

• Off: When Off is chosen, vertical movement of a Symbol in the

Stage has no effect on the Track.

• Level: When Level is selected, vertical movement in the Stage

controls individual Track volumes.

• Ambience Send: This option allows you to visually mix Ambience

Send amounts for each Track via the Stage.

• Front/Rear: This may be the fastest and most intuitive setting for creating a surround panorama. The

top of the Stage becomes the front left and right, the bottom becomes the rear left and right.

• Room Mode: Just imagine you’re in a room, surrounded by percussion instruments. Simply put, that’s

what we call “Room Mode”.

While in all other modes the Stage is a X/Y coordinate system, here the Stage represents a top view on a real

recording room with the listener in the center and the instruments around him. The borders of the Stage acting

like real walls.

Of course, the Room Mode is most realistic in Surround Mode, because only there are the front and rear

positions reﬂected in the resulting audio signal.

In Room Mode, Level, Ambience and Pan controls are linked together to emulate the natural acoustic behavior

of a room. I.e. when you move an instrument away from the center (listener’s position) to the top right corner,

the following things happen at the same time:

• Level slightly decreases.

• Ambience increases in level (less direct signal, more reﬂections from the walls) and changes in character

to match the surround position as well as the exact distances between listener, instrument and walls.

• Pan moves all the way to the right.

• Front/Rear moves all the way to the front.

You can regard the listener – which in fact is the audio output – as being a surround microphone setup at the

listener position.

Knob Mode

This option simply tells how you would prefer to turn your knobs.

• Linear: To move a knob, click on it and drag up or down with the

mouse button pressed, like a vertical slider.

• Circular: Knobs are moved by clicking and dragging in a circular

motion. A knob’s value can be set instantly by clicking anywhere along

it’s circular edge.

• Host: Darbuka uses your host application’s preference if available.

Tooltips

Tooltips are common in many computer applications and simply display information about a feature when

your mouse pointer is hovering above it. When Tooltips are switched off this information is displayed in the

Style Name display area at the top of Darbuka.