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DP570 Multichannel Audio Tool User’s Manual 25

Chapter 4

Using the DP570 Features

ThischaptercoverseachdistinctfeatureoftheDP570 indetail.Themainpowerofthe

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DP570isitsabilitytoacceptanyprograminputandplayitbackoverany

combinationof speakeroutputsusinganycombinationofmetadataparameters.Thismain

powerisbackedupbyitsabilitytoadjustvirtuallyanyofthosevariablesonthefly.

Asyoulisten,youcantestyour

mixindifferentnumbersandqualitiesofspeakerin

differentnumbersofchannelswithdifferentsurrounddecodingstrategiesapplied.

Asyoutest,youcanadjustmetadataparameterstooptimizethequalityoftheoutput.A

fewofthemostimportantmetadataadjustmentsarediscussedseparatelyinlatersections

ofthis

chapter:

• Downmixmonitoring

• Dialoguelevel

• Dynamicrangecontrol

4.1 Naming Programs

OntheDolbyEtabyoucanassignauniquenametoeachprogram.Youcanusethisfeature

tomakesurethatthemetadatastaysproperlyidentifiedthroughouttheproductionand

broadcastchain.Typicallyprogramsarenamedaftertheircontent;suchasGameAor

Episode5.

4.2 Adjusting the Monitor System

Themonitoringsystemisfullyconfigurable.Youcanmodifyanyofitsparametersatany

time,byclickingSetup,andviewingtheMonitorSetupTabonpage 62.Settingupyour

monitoringsystemisdiscussedinfullinConfiguringaMonitorSystemonpage 61.

4.3 Generating and Adjusting Metadata

YoucanchoosetouseinternalmetadatavaluesgeneratedbytheDP570orexternalvalues

suppliedfromoneofthetwometadatainputconnectors.Youcannotusebothexternal

sourcesinoneprogram.

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