Re: [microsound] Re: making 5.1 surround mixes

[Graham Miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

totally.

surround is the way forward... on a light tangent, as far as video/film 
goes check this: http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=22599

tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> >  > what software do i need to make surround sound mixes of tracks and=20
> >  > burn them to CD/DVD to play on my home cinema system?
>
>
>
> there are two totally seperate parts to the process
>
> 1. mixing in 5.1
>
> 2. encoding the six channels genrated from a 5.1 mix into Dolby Digital
>
>
> how you do part 1 totally depends on what you use to mix
> eg ProTools TDM, Nuendo, Logic all support mixing to 5.1
> using direct routing plus 5.1 panning...
>
> step 2
> in my experience the easiest way (on a Mac) to encode your 5.1 
> discrete files
> (ie the six seperate files that make up a 5.1 mix = L, C, R SurrL, 
> Surr R, Sub)
> is to use a little program that comes with Apple  DVD Studio
> the program is called A.Pack
>
> With it you simply open each file seperately & assign it to the 
> correct speaker
> then choose the encode rate (put it on max if theres no visual 
> information)
> and it will export a single Dolby Digital AC3 stream which is what 
> your dvd
> authoring software will want & the eventual DVD player will decode 
> back to 5.1



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