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Surround Sound
Cubase provides integrated surround sound features with support for several formats. All audio-related channels and busses can handle multi-channel speaker configurations. A channel in the MixConsole can contain either complete surround mixes or an individual speaker channel which is part of a surround setup.
VST MultiPanner
The VST MultiPanner plug-in allows you to position a sound source in the surround field or to modify existing premixes. The plug-in distributes the incoming audio in various proportions to the output surround channels.
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.

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.