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Surround sound (Cubase only)
Preparations
Routing
You can use the Routing rack in the MixConsole to route audio-related tracks to
output busses or group channels with a surround configuration.
Routing channels to individual surround channels
If you want to place an audio source in one separate speaker channel, you can route it
directly to that speaker channel. This is useful for premixed material or multi-channel
recordings that do not require panning.
• To do this, simply select an individual speaker channel in the Routing rack.
• If a stereo audio channel is routed directly to a speaker channel, the left/right
channels are mixed to mono.
The pan control for the audio channel governs the balance between the left and
right channel in the resulting mono mix. Center pan will produce a mix of equal
proportion.
Routing channels to child busses
If you have added a child bus within a surround bus (see above), it appears as a
subentry of the surround bus on the routing selector. Select this option to route a
stereo audio channel directly to that stereo speaker pair of the surround bus (e.
g. to
route a music track directly to the left and right front speakers in a surround channel).
Input bus configuration
To work with surround sound in Cubase, it is often not necessary to configure a
surround format input bus. You can record audio files via standard inputs, and easily
route the resulting audio channels to surround outputs at any stage. You can also
directly import multi-channel files of a specific surround format onto audio tracks of
the same format.
You should add a surround input bus in the following circumstances:
• You have existing audio material in a specific surround format, and you wish to
transfer this material into Cubase as a single, multi-channel file.
• You wish to record a surround setup “live”.
• You have prepared surround premixes (e. g. stems) that you want to record on a
new audio track with a surround configuration.