User Manual

MIXING IN SURROUND
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3 Select all the audio tracks and master fader in
the project and use the Track Assignments
command (Studio menu) to reassign their outputs
to the surround bus you just created.
4 Create an aux channel with the stereo bus as an
input and the physical (built-in audio) outputs as
the output assignment.
5 Select “Stereo” from the Folddown menu on the
master fader and now you can monitor your
multichannel mix using a single stereo output.
Directly assigning channels to hardware
outputs in a surround configuration
The Bundles window (Studio menu) allows you to
create output destinations that share the same
physical outputs on your hardware as the output of
a surround panner. This is useful if you need to
directly assign audio to a specific output without
going through a panner - such as assigning dialog
to the center channel, or reverb to the rear
surrounds.
Direct assignments are also helpful for organizing
music and sound effects stems (submixes) when
mixing for film.
PANNER PLUG-INS
Digital Performer ships with four panner plug-ins:
Auralizer, n-Panner, TriPan and ArcPanner. With
the exception of the special Auralizer plug-in, there
are some general concepts that apply to all panners.
Panning Stereo Tracks in a Surround Matrix
The panners supplied with Digital Performer
provide five modes for panning stereo signals in a
surround field.
Balance: Left inputs go to left outputs, right inputs
go to right outputs and gains vary with puck
position. This mode is similar to how a normal
stereo pan knob works, but with an added front to
rear axis.
Figure 72-2: TriPan using balance mode.