Reference Guide

946 Surround Mixing (Producer and Studio only)
Configuring SONAR for surround mixing
To assign a track to a surround bus or surround main
• Click in the track’s Output field and select a surround bus, the Surround Main, or New
Surround Bus as an output.
See:
“Downmixing” on page 946
Downmixing
Downmixing is a way of previewing your surround project in stereo only. There are various cases
where surround is not available and it may be that someone plays your project in stereo only. A radio
broadcast is a good example. Downmixing is a valuable tool for determining if your project will sound
good in stereo. However, you can export your project in stereo, and SONAR uses your downmix
settings to create your exported file.
Stereo bus to surround bus or the Surround
Main
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 stereo bus.
Stereo bus to hardware output No change
Surround bus to stereo bus Surround channels are downmixed to stereo
Surround bus to surround bus or the
Surround Main
No change
Signal Flow Result
Table 172.