As I don't have a 5.1 setup any longer (no 6-Channel audio interface and no 5.1 speaker system) I have been trying to set up Cakewalk to work with either the Waves NX 1.5/Stereo or Abbey Road Studio 3 5.1/Stereo plugins so that I can mix surround in my headphones.
I did a quick test where I created a Surround Buss and then have (6) tracks being sent to this Buss, each of which I am panning to each of the (5) different surround speaker locations (L, R, C, sL and sR) and (1) track that I am sending to the LFE channel.
When playing back, the VU meters on that Surround bus do indeed show different levels for all (6) Channels. However, when I insert any 5.1 Plugin (Waves NX, Abbey Road Studio 3, H-Reverb, etc...) into the Send effects of that Surround buss (either Pre fader or Post fader), the input section on the plugin only shows audio on the L and R channels and nothing on the other channels...no matter what I change or do.
Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thanks!
As I don't have a 5.1 setup any longer (no 6-Channel audio interface and no 5.1 speaker system) I have been trying to set up Cakewalk to work with either the Waves NX 1.5/Stereo or Abbey Road Studio 3 5.1/Stereo plugins so that I can mix surround in my headphones. I did a quick test where I created a Surround Buss and then have (6) tracks being sent to this Buss, each of which I am panning to each of the (5) different surround speaker locations (L, R, C, sL and sR) and (1) track that I am sending to the LFE channel. When playing back, the VU meters on that Surround bus do indeed show different levels for all (6) Channels. However, when I insert any 5.1 Plugin (Waves NX, Abbey Road Studio 3, H-Reverb, etc...) into the Send effects of that Surround buss (either Pre fader or Post fader), the input section on the plugin only shows audio on the L and R channels and nothing on the other channels...no matter what I change or do. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks!