Divergence Controls

Front Divergence, Front/Rear Divergence, and Rear Divergence determine the attenuation curves used when positioning sound sources for x-axis front, y-axis front/rear, and x-axis rear.

If all divergence controls are set to 0 %, positioning a sound source on a speaker sets all other speakers to level zero. With higher values, the other speakers receive a percentage of the sound source.

Horizontal and vertical lines show the effect of changing the divergence settings:

  • At 0 %, a moving sound source is concentrated in one spot.

  • At 100 %, a moving sound source is very diffuse and hard to locate.

Note

  • Center Distribution and Front Divergence are combined. If the front divergence is set to 100 %, the center distribution has no effect.