Instruction Manual

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Configuring SONAR for Surround Mixing
Surround Mixing
To Downmix a Project
1. If you do not have a stereo bus in your project, create one by right-
clicking in the Bus pane in the Track view or Console view and selecting
Insert Stereo Bus from the menu that appears.
2. Open the Project Options dialog (Options-Project command), select a
center downmix level and a surround downmix level in the Surround
tab, and click OK.
3. In each of the surround buses, assign the output to a stereo bus.
4. Listen to your project through the stereo bus, and make any final
adjustments to the stereo mix by changing the values in the Surround
tab of the Project Options dialog.
Downmixing
Setting
Options
Center Downmix Level
(dB)
These options determine how much of the center is
mixed to the left and right.
• -3 dB—Maintains the same level of center channel sound
when you listen in a typically reverberant room
• -4.5 dB—A compromise level between -3dB and -6 dB
• -6 dB—Maintains the same level of center channel sound
when you listen to direct sound without typical room
reverberations
• -INF—Eliminates all of the Center channel signal
Surround Downmix Level
(dB)
The amount of Left Surround and Right Surround mixed
into the Left and Right channels respectively.
• -3 dB—Maintains the same level of surround
• -6 dB—Reduces the level of surround so that it doesn’t
compete with center channel sound such as dialog
• -INF—Eliminates all of the Surround channel signal
LFE Level (dB) The amount of the LFE channel mixed into the Left and
Right channels respectively.
• -12 (or type in a value)—Lets you choose the level of LFE
in the stereo mix
• -INF—Eliminates all LFE