2.3 Design

Loading a background image

Loading a background image
Load background image	allows to load a background image (venue plan)
Image size	Resize the plan to adapt it the graphical area
Opacity	Allows you to the transparency of the image

To center the image, keep ctrl + shift and the left button of the mouse pushed and move the mouse in the graphical area

Click on « Define Scale » to define the scale of the loaded image. Then draw a line in the graphical area between two points for which you know the distance. Enter the distance in meters in the dialog window.

To ensure a good readability of the UI, use black and white images in negative. If the spatialization zone has an orientation (the audience is on one side and the audio objects on the opposite side), it is recommended to have the audience on the lower side of the graphical area to keep the compatibility with other spatialization tools (OSC control…)

Speaker groups configuration

A speaker group has a maximum of 8 speakers. 4 groups are available.

Click on the button of the group to configure to display the UI for the creation and placement of the speakers

Clear	Reset the group
Color	Change the color of the group The color will be applied to all faders sending signal to the group outputs And to all objects representing the speakers in the graphical area
Create one speaker	create on speaker at the coordinates entered in the numboxes (speaker x, speaker y)
Create line	Creates a line of equidistant speakers The number of speakers, the coordinates of the first and last speaker can be set in the commands below the button
Import	import a text file containing the coordinates of the speakers and creates the speakers at these coordinates A group can only have 8 speakers, only the first 8 lines of the file will be imported.
Export	Exports all the presets of the speaker group un a .json file

Presets bar

when approaching the mouse to the upper side of the graphical area, the preset bar is displayed

Presets bar
Load	Loads a preset file for the current group of speakers
Export	Export all the presets of the speaker group un a .json file
Save	Saves the state of the speaker group in the current preset
New	Save the current state of the speaker group in the current preset
Rename	Renames the selected preset
Copy	Copy the state of the selected speaker group in the clipboard. The parameters can only be pasted in another speaker group
Paste	Loads the parameters of the clipboard in the current speaker group

Audio settings of the speaker group

The routing is done thanks to 4 matrixes for each speaker group. The columns correspond to the signals of each virtual speaker of the group (1 to 8), the rows correspond to the 32 available outputs (1 to 8, 9 to 16, 17 to 24 and 25 to 32)

Example: on the upper image, signals coming from the virtual speakers 1, 2 and 3 are routed to the outputs 17, 18 and 19 of the sound card

Clear	Resets the corresponding matrix
Diag	Check the diagonal of the corresponding matrix
Clear all	Reset the 4 matrixes
Select	Displays the configuration UI for a given speaker group
Name	The name of the group can be defined and will be displayed for the send faders in the sources and reverb panels
Mute	Cut the audio on all speakers of the group. It also cuts the processing of the group, consider mute unused groups to lower the CPU load
Phase	Invert the phase for all speakers of the group
Delay	Add a common delay to all speakers of the group. The delay can be set in ms in the numbox
Fader	Gain control for all the speakers of the group
Vu meter	Displays the audio level for each speaker of the group