Instruction Manual

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Exporting Surround Mixes

Surround Mixing

files in SONAR. Important: After installing the above AC3 codec, go to

Control Panel and launch the "AC3 Filter" control panel applet. From

there you can set up the default speaker output for this filter to 5.1

channels. Until you do this it will only stream in stereo. Also check the

sample rate of the imported file. It’s recommended that you set your

project sample rate to whatever the file uses before importing.

Otherwise the import process will go through a time consuming

resampling pass for each channel.

• Windows Media Pro

To Import a Surround Multi-channel File

1. Use the File-Import-Audio command to open the Import Audio dialog.

2. Select a file of a supported file type.

3. Check Import As Mono Tracks.

4. Click Open.

SONAR imports each channel to a separate mono track.

Tip: You can also rip the soundtrack from a video file by opening the video

file directly from the Import Audio dialog.

See:

Exporting Surround Mixes

You can export your surround mixes as multi-channel PCM wave files, or as

Windows Media Pro files.

To Export a Surround Multi-channel File

1. Use the File-Export-Audio command to open the Export Audio dialog.

2. Type a name for your file.

3. In the Files of Type field, choose one of the following:

• If you want to create a multi-channel wave file, choose RIFF Wave.

• If you want to create a multi-channel Windows Media file, choose

Windows Media Advanced Streaming Format.

4. In the Source Category field, choose Buses, Main Outputs, or Entire

Mix.