User Manual

CHAPTER
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72 Mixing in Surround
OVERVIEW
In addition to the mono and stereo formats, Digital
Performer also allows you to mix in a number of
multichannel or ‘surround’ formats.
Supported mixing formats include LCRS, Quad,
5.1, 6.1, 7.1 and 10.2.
Surround formats include Dolby Surround (Pro
Logic), Dolby Digital, DTS and SDDS. Digital
Performer does not provide tools to encode to
these formats. You will need to purchase software
or hardware that performs the multichannel mix to
encoding process.
A surround panner plug-in format provides an
open ended method of placing mono or stereo
signals in a surround matrix, and surround tracks
allow surround sub mixes or ‘stems’ to be treated as
a single track alongside mono and stereo tracks.
Your monitor system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847
Surround bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847
The surround panner dish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
Controlling a surround panner with a joystick . . . . . . 849
Surround formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
Creating a multichannel submix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
Surround tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
Fold down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
Panner plug-ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853
ArcPanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856
N Panner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856
TriPan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857
Auralizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858
Other surround plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859
YOUR MONITOR SYSTEM
Proper speaker position and alignment is critical to
achieving good results from your surround mix.
Consult the manufacturer of your monitor system
documentation for proper installation procedures.
SURROUND BUNDLES
Before you can place a mono or stereo source in a
surround field, you must have a multichannel
destination bundle to send the signal to.
Multichannel bundles are created in the Bundles
window.
Figure 72-1: Surround bundles.
Figure 72-1 shows all supported surround output
assignments, from mono to 10.2.
To create a new surround bundle, click the add
button at the bottom of the window. The surround
format of the bundle can be changed by using the
pull down menu next to the bundle name. Double-
click or Option/Alt-click the name to rename the
bundle.