Surround Audio

kjam wrote on 1/12/2007, 4:21 PM
I want to have my audio in surround sound. I have the VSP7 edition with the new 5.1 surround feature. I'm very confused as to how to set it up. I chose 5.1 surround in audio preferences, and it created several more tracks on the timeline. I'm not interested in the panning feature; I just want my audio to play on the surround system. It isn't playing from my rear speakers. Can I just "copy & paste" the entire audio track to the rear speaker track? Will that work for what I need? Please help!

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owlsroost wrote on 1/14/2007, 10:46 AM
I'm assuming that you want surround sound from DVD's that you are creating with DVDAS4 after editing the movie with VMS7 platinum....

The simplest thing is to just create the DVD with a stereo soundtrack, and then setup the playback system to process this into psuedo-surround sound e.g. Dolby Pro-logic II in 'Cinema' mode or DTS Neo:6 - this works quite well with natural, ambient stereo sound recordings (e.g. most amateur camcorder footage).

If you want to create psuedo-surround sound from stereo sources within VMS7 (to render it out as a 5.1 channel Dolby Digital AC3 file to load into DVDAS4), you may want to use the 'V.I STEREO TO 5.1 CONVERTER VST PLUGIN SUITE' from http://www.stevethomson.ca/vi/

There is a guide to using this plugin-in with Vegas here http://users.tpg.com.au/adslrotx/pseudo51.rar and a heap of other info here http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=85446

You'll probably also need to use the Steroid Bouncer plug-in - http://www.cloneensemble.com/sb_main.htm - to get the centre and LFE channel outputs to come out correctly in VMS7, and the 'Classic Master Limiter' - http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/classic-master-limiter.php

Also required is lots of time to experiment with the settings until you get the sound you like......have fun !!

If you get stuck, I have a simple VMS7 project using the V.I. plug-in etc to produce pseudo 5.1 from stereo. I can email the project file you if you need it.

> Can I just "copy & paste" the entire audio track to the rear speaker track?
> Will that work for what I need?

It will produce sound in the rear speakers but it probably won't sound very good overall if that's all you do.

Tony
kjam wrote on 1/19/2007, 4:18 PM
Thanks, Tony!
I downloaded the VI Suite, but can't figure out how to use it in VSM7? Do I use the program as my audio editor? I may seem stupid, but I don't know how to do this - can you help me?
owlsroost wrote on 1/21/2007, 2:41 PM
It's a set of VST plug-in's which you install and then add to the tracks in a VMS7 surround sound project.

If they are installed in the right place, VMS7 will find them automatically and add them to the list of available plug-in's.

Download this guide to using the V.I. plug-in's in Vegas - http://users.tpg.com.au/adslrotx/pseudo51.rar - VMS7 is basically the same.

Tony