Reference Guide

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Configuring SONAR for Surround Mixing
Surround Mixing
speakers. However, there are even different flavors of 5.1. The different flavors specify in which
order the speakers are arranged, and the speaker angles. For example:
The speaker positions, moving clockwise from center, are identified as:
To mix in surround sound in SONAR, you must insert at least one surround bus.
A project can include multiple surround buses, but all surround buses in a project use the same
surround format (5.1, 7.1, etc.).
The project’s surround format is based on one of the following Surround Format templates:
•2.0
•2.1
•LCR
• LRC+LFE
Surround Format Speaker Order
5.1 SMPTE/ITU L, R, C, LFE, Ls, Rs
5.1 Music Alternative L, R, Ls, Rs, C, LFE
5.1 Film Alternative L, C, R, Ls, Rs, LFE
Table 136.
Label Speaker
C Center (directly in front of listener)
Rc Right of Center
R Right (standard Stereo placement)
Sr Side right—directly to the right of the listener
Rs Right Surround
Cs Surround (rear center)
Ls Left Surround
Sl Side Left—directly to the left of the listener
L Left (standard Stereo placement)
Lc Left of center
LFE Low Frequency Effect speaker(s)—placed according to room acoustics
Table 137.