Yamaha HTR-5940 User Guide

SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS

■ Sound field parameter descriptions
You can adjust the values of certain digital sound field parameters so that the sound fields are recreated accurately in your
listening room. Not all of the following parameters are found in every program.

To change sound field parameter settings to suit your listening environment, see page 65 for details.

Sound field parameter

Features

DSP LEVEL

DSP level. Adjusts the level of all the DSP effect sounds within a narrow range. Depending on
the acoustics of your listening room, you may want to increase or decrease the DSP effect level
relative to the level of the direct sound.

Control range: –6 dB to +3 dB

INIT. DLY
P.INIT.DLY
S.INIT.DLY
SB INI.DLY

Initial delay. Presence, surround, and surround back initial delay. Changes the apparent distance
from the source sound by adjusting the delay between the direct sound and the first reflection
heard by the listener. The smaller the value, the closer the sound source seems to the listener. The
larger the value, the farther it seems. For a small room, set to a small value. For a large room, set
to a large value.

Control range: 1 to 99 ms (INIT. DLY and P. INT. DLY)

1 to 49 ms (S. INIT. DLY and SB INI. DLY)

Source sound

Early
reflections

Time

Delay

Sound source

Reflection face

Small value = 1 ms

Large value = 99 ms

eve

Reflection face