Reference Guide

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Surround Mixing (Producer and Studio only)

Configuring SONAR for surround mixing

To choose a surround format and set sound sard outputs

1. Go to Edit > Preferences > Project - Surround.

2. Select a format from the Surround Format drop-down.

The diagram to the right of the Surround Format menu changes to illustrate the speaker

placement of the format that you chose.

3. In the Output column, assign each channel to a sound card output.

4. Click OK.

See:

“Surround buses” on page 906

Surround buses

You have to have at least one surround bus in your project to use surround sound. A surround bus

differs from a stereo bus in that it simply has more 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 pop-up menu of

bus options.

2. Select Insert Surround Bus from the pop-up menu.

•Use the Insert > Surround Bus menu command.

See:

“Routing in surround” on page 907

Note: Consumer-grade sound cards, such as Audigy or SoundBlaster, typically reserve output

4 for the LFE channel. Check your sound card manual for details.

Note: Take a moment to make sure your speakers are correctly hooked up to the corresponding

outputs before you attempt any playback. See the diagram in Edit > Preferences > Project -

Surround for the speaker setup. If you are not sure what the abbreviations for the speaker

names are, see “Surround basics” on page 902.