Instruction Manual

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Configuring SONAR for Surround Mixing
Surround Mixing
channels. For example, if a project is set to 7.1, then the bus has 8
channels: 7 directional channels and one LFE channel.
To Insert a Surround Bus
1. In the Bus Pane of the Track view or the Console view, right-click to
display a popup menu of bus options.
2. Select Insert Surround Bus from the popup menu.
Or
•Use the Insert-Surround Bus menu command.
See:
Routing in Surround
Routing in Surround
Tracks can send output to a surround bus, the Surround Main, or a
hardware output. If a track is routed to a surround bus or the Surround
Main, it has surround meters and a surround panner. You can route any
track or bus to another bus, the Surround Main or a hardware out. However,
you are prevented from creating a signal loop by routing the signal back into
a bus that is already in the signal flow. The following table lists how each of
these routing options affects the signal:
Signal Flow Result
Track to stereo bus No change
Mono track to surround bus Mono signal is routed to both Left and
Right channels of surround format.
You can change the routing to other
surround channels by using the
surround panner on the track.
Stereo track to surround bus Stereo left channel is routed to Left
channel of surround format; stereo
right channel is routed to Right channel
of surround format. You can change
the routing to other surround channels
by using the surround panner on the
track.