5.1 Surround Q

[therednipples]

Hey This is probably a dumb question. I cant figure out how to get surround sound when mixing, its probly the fact that i have only 2 speakers connected to the comp. But if anyone knows how to do this, or what kind of setup i need, if you could let me in, that would be great.
Thanks for any input

[biotek]

well first of all sound forge is only 2 tracks, so you can't do surround sound in it.. (although you could run it thourgh a matrix and get dolby's analog surround but that's a different animal from what i'm going to talk about) for 5.1 you need to have 6 discrete channels, a program that will do it, and a soundcard that you can output those 6 channels from... but the MOST important thing about surround sound is bass management... check a google search for surround sound bass managment and you shoulde be able to find something that can get you started....

[therednipples]

Thanks for the help, im actaully using acid 4.0. Sorry i didnt mention that, i thought there was a way in acid to pan for surround sound?

[Vin-Su]

Good question, i also was curious how to mix in surround sound. I was unable to find any programs though. Anyone Have any suggestions?

[biotek]

nuendo or cubase... pro tools will do it too but you have to spend like $15-$35k to do it right...

[Vin-Su]

So i take it that acid or pro tools are not suitable for surround sound mixing?

[shackrock]

acid is not, its for beat making and a bit of recording.

Sony Vegas 5 (the new vegas) now has some really huge improvements to 5.1 and even 6.1 surround mixing. The program is used for audio, or video - i use it for both, and it rules.
Vegas 4 also does 5.1 though.

[ds21]

Yes, I've just started playing with the 5.1 Surround plug-in, for a film I'm helping with, (I can't remember if that's installed with Acid or if it's a plug-in) but you do have to activate the 5.1 or you'll only get 2/ch stereo

[therednipples]

How do you activate it in SF? Or do you download the plugin?

Sorry for the dumb questions...........

[ds21]

I'm not sure on SF (sound forge), but in ACID I just had to go to (file->properties (or preference can't remember)->audio) the default will be 2/ch stereo from the drop-down list select 5.1 as mentioned above you will need some way to monitor, I'm just using my Yamaha receiver, it has 6 seperate inputs.

[therednipples]

Thanks a lot man, Ill give that a go.