M-audio BASS MANAGEMENT user guide

Bass

Management

Users Guide

About Bass Management:

Bass Management

Bass Management is a tool that is used to help surround speaker systems (i.e., systems featuring multiple “satellite” speakers
paired with a subwoofer) reproduce the full spectrum of sound from surround-encoded material. This is done by taking your
multi-channel source and re-routing the low frequency sounds from each of the satellite channels to the subwoofer. Doing
so ensures that low-frequency sounds are heard even if they were originally routed to smaller satellite speakers that are not
capable of reproducing low frequency sounds.

You will only need to take advantage of the Bass Management functions when using smaller satellite speakers that cannot
reproduce low bass frequencies; If your main speakers are large enough to properly output low frequencies, Bass Management
is not required and should remain off.

The M-Audio Bass Management system also includes several additional features that many users will find handy. These
features include subwoofer loudness limiting (when adding rerouted main signal to the LFE, subwoofer phase inversion, and
time-alignment on all channels.

Each section of the Bass Management system is covered in detail below.

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