Surround Indicator??

Rednroll wrote on 1/9/2003, 11:26 AM
I just started playing around with the surround panning within ACID 4.0 to get use to how it works, since it will probably be coming shortly in Vegas 4.0. To make automated Pan moves, it looks like you use "Key frame" markers.

The only problem I'm having with this is that the "surround Panner" window does not update with the changing of keyframes. It would be usefull to see the surround panner window automate during playback so you know exactly where the image is at, during any given time for the track you have selected. Is there a way to do this, that I haven't dug into yet? Currently it looks like the only way I'm able to SEE where the sound is currently panned at is by clicking on the "keyframe". Is this the only way?

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 1/10/2003, 1:25 AM
Do you REALLY want to steal that much power from your proc? That's a LOT of draws...
ramallo wrote on 1/10/2003, 7:19 AM
Hello,

I think that is a very usefull request, but need a new button in preferences for people that have a slow machines "draw pans" on/off.

Cheers
Rednroll wrote on 1/10/2003, 10:17 AM
"Do you REALLY want to steal that much power from your proc? That's a LOT of draws..."

Not alot of overhead at all, because all it would take is for the cursor "orange block" to move around with the "selected" track, while the "surround panner" window was active. Now if it was doing this type of thing for EVERY track at once, then I would agree that this would be a lot of overhead going on.

There's actually an even better scenario to this, that would take it to the next level. I might have to put a little buzz in Dave Hill's ear to show him the details. It's a "surround deocoder meter". I currently have one on my laptop, that I use for a diagnostic tool, on an 8 channel Logic7 car amplifier that Harman has just finished developing. You can listen to it in the new 2003 Toyota Sienna Mini-van, it's currently at the Detroit autoshow right now. The amplifier get's fed audio(analog) which goes to the Logic7 decoder, and then the decoder outputs information over a bus (AVC-LAN/J18/CANN in this case) of where (in a 4 quadrant spectrum) and how much it is steering and this information get's transmitted over the bus, converted to serial data and enters my PC at the serial port and the meter functions along with the information the Decoder is sending it. This could be used on the entire Mix bus like a master meter or individual tracks for a visual aid to surround. I have a test CD (2 track audio) which has a Dolby Pro Logic encoded circle pan of pink noise. I play this back and my meter spins in circles along with the audio around my head.