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Ted_H wrote on 5/8/2002, 1:00 PM
It is not possible to mix surround sound in Vegas.

Ted
SonyDennis wrote on 5/11/2002, 8:52 PM
Let me clarify: There are no specific tools in Vegas 3 for mixing surround; however, you can use multiple output busses to discrete monitors to do surround mixing using Vegas, much like you can do with any console.
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Chienworks wrote on 5/11/2002, 10:32 PM
But, you can't output a mutliplexed stereo signal with the surround sound encoded in it, right?
pwppch wrote on 5/11/2002, 11:37 PM
No, since there is no AC3 or other type encoder available that is compatible with Vegas.

You can render your project as mono per chanel per bus and then import those files in to a surround encoder.

Peter




Rednroll wrote on 5/12/2002, 5:42 PM
Similarly, I have 16 discreet outputs on my PC, which get's directly fed to my digital mixer. In my digital mixer, it has surround sound panning available, which get's fed out the mixer through 5 dicreet ouputs, which get fed to a Lexicon MC-12 surround enocoder. The encoder takes the 5 discreet channels and encodes them to a 2 channel mix. The 2 channel output of the surround encoder can then be recorded to CD,Dat or back into Vegas.
Tor wrote on 5/14/2002, 5:23 AM
Thanx for your reply, your equipment seems interesting, can you tell me specifically
what it is you have, from soundcard to mixer,..
Tor
Rednroll wrote on 5/15/2002, 2:38 PM
I'm using 2 Echo Gina sound cards. Each card has 8 analog out and a spdif (digital stereo out). This will give you a total of 20 outputs including the digital outs with 2 cards. I run the 16 analog outs into a Yamaha 03D, channels 1-16. The 03D has an option in it's pan's on how you would like to use them. 1 stereo Pan and 3 surround Pan options. When you select to use the mixer in surround panning, it assigns busses 1,2,3 Mix L and Mix R as your surround outputs. Thus now you have 5 discreet outputs to do your surround panning. You can send these outputs to amplifiers and monitor it directly.

I'm setting up a similar setup at work which will use a mixer which has 7.1 mixing abilities, probably a (Studer, or Amex, or maybe a digital Soundcraft). Then I will run the 7 discreet outputs to a Lexicon MC-12 surround Encoder, which will encode the 7 channels to 2 channels. I will then run those 2 channels to another MC-12 and have it decode the information back to 7 discreet channels. The final mix will be put to a 2 channel CD. Using both an encoder and then a decoder will give you the best monitoring to ensure what you're putting on the 2 channel mix. This is an ideal setup if budget isn't much of a concern.