Subtype for spat5.pan

[fraction]

hi Thibaut,
can you give me some insight about what’s exactly happens in spat5.pan when you set /panning/subtype to “diffuse”.

The object doesn’t take source coordinates input, compares to “direct” and i would need to understand then what it actually does inside in this mode, and what corresponds the outlet gains to,
thx!
-e

[tcarpent]

Hi Eric,

Well, the term “diffuse panning” is kind of an oxymoron.
This mode distributes the N uncorrelated output channels of the late reverb~ (typically N=8 or 16) to the L loudspeakers, in order to create a spatially diffuse (= isotropic) sound field.
It’s somewhat the opposite of “direct” mode.

Best,
T.

[fraction]

thx, well noted.