System information
Mode Description
Film This mode allows you to pan between pairs of adjacent speakers in
5.1 surround projects using a constant power model. This mode is
optimized for theater-style speaker placement. In stereo projects, Film
mode functions identically to Constant Power.
As you drag the pan point to the center speaker, the sound becomes
diffused through the front and rear speakers. When the track is
panned fully to the center speaker, there is no output from the front
and rear speakers.
Dragging the pan point to the center of the surround panner sends
the signal to all speakers.
If you're panning fully to a single speaker, you may notice that
some signal is mixed to the opposite speaker. This is because the
ideal placement for surround speakers does not match the
representation in the surround panner. For example, panning to
the front-left speaker produces a low-level signal in the rear-left
speaker.
This is because your front-left speaker should be positioned 30°
left of center and the speaker in the surround panner is located
45° left of center. To produce a true 45° left-of-center pan, the
signal is panned between the front- and rear-left speaker.
Rendering your 5.1 surround project
Rendering a surround project creates six mono files (AIFF, ATRAC, WAV/W64, or PCA) or a single 5.1-
channel file (AC-3, WAV/W64, WMA, and WMV) that your authoring application can use to create DVD-
Video or 5.1-channel music projects.
Before rendering your surround project, check your surround authoring application's documentation
to determine its required audio format. Some encoders require a specific low-pass filter cutoff
frequency and rolloff, and your encoder may require that no filter be applied before encoding. Use the
Audio tab of the Project Properties dialog to configure a low-pass filter.
1. From the File menu, choose Render As to display the Render As dialog.
2. In the Output File box, choose the folder and file name you want to use to save your file.
3. In the Output Format box, choose the multiple mono template, or choose an appropriate 5.1-
channel template if the selected file type supports it .
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