kazzamy Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Hi folks, The music to the project I am currently working on is in stereo but the sound editor wants me to deliver surround stems. Also my sample libraries are stereo and I only have a stereo speaker set but it is still possible to deliver surround stems from Sonar through busing and effects, right? I haven't done before so am looking up tutorials and documentation but I assume just like how now I can export my audio as stereo mix down, I can take this same project with a surround bus and export it to a surround mixdown through busing? Any general tips or pointers? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gswitz Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Sure. You can mix to a surround output if you want. You could choose some content for center, some for left and right you could even do a brief delay before the rear speakers if you want. It's hard to make it sound good without listening on a surround system of your own (even if you have to burn it to DVD and listen in your living room or a friend's living room. But, yes, you make a stereo mix 'surround'. You'll still have to pick music for each of the 5 channels. Front left and right should be easy enough. You can set rear left and right to the same or give it some small off-set. You will have the biggest struggle with the center channel I think. Channel tools plugin might help there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razor7music Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I'm guessing you have a sound card/audio interface that supports surround? I don't know how you could mix in surround if your audio device doesn't support all those channels--maybe I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazzamy Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 Hi guys, thanks for your help. I did figure out how to do the surround. I have a surround card but not a surround speaker set up nor interface but was working on a project wanting me to deliver in surround mix. I routed my stereo tracks to a surround bus though I wasn't able to hear the proper sounds because then everything phased poorly since it was routed to two speakers. What I did do is export as 5.1 and then listen to the tracks one by one to see they looked correct as mono tracks though I couldn't hear them correctly as surround. I don't know if it makes sense for me to purchase a surround set up, I just don't have the money, space, or demand for this it just doesn't happen that often. I guess what would be great is if I had access to a buddy with 5.1 where I could go test it out with their set up but for now, I think my approach worked for my immediate deadline at least. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razor7music Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) Back when I was a gamer, I bought a Logitech 5:1 surround system for $40. The quality wouldn't 't be there, but you could check your speaker panning placements before having to leave the studio. I would just go into Windows playback settings and choose the integrated sound card where the 5:1 was attached. Then I could flip back to my pro-audio setup for using Cakewalk. Just an idea. Quick search returned this for $55 US. FYI Edited September 3, 2019 by razor7music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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