Surround Buses - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

To Choose a Surround Format and Set Sound Card Outputs
1. Use the Options-Project command.
The Project Options dialog appears.
2. Click the Surround tab.
3. Select a format from the Surround Format dropdown.
The diagram to the right of the Surround Format menu changes to illustrate the speaker
placement of the format that you chose.
4. In the Output column, assign each channel to a sound card output.
Note: Consumer-grade sound cards, such as Audigy or SoundBlaster, typically reserve output 4 for
the LFE channel. Check your sound card manual for details.
5. Click OK.
Note: Take a moment to make sure your speakers are correctly hooked up to the corresponding outputs
before you attempt any playback. See the diagram in the Project Options dialog for the speaker setup. If
you are not sure what the abbreviations for the speaker names are, see "Surround Basics" on page 422.

Surround Buses

You have to have at least one surround bus in your project to use surround sound. A surround bus
differs from a stereo bus in that it simply has more channels. For example, if a project is set to 7.1, then
the bus has 8 channels: 7 directional channels and one LFE channel.
To Insert a Surround Bus
1. In the Bus Pane of the Track view or the Console view, right-click to display a popup menu of bus
options.
2. Select Insert Surround Bus from the popup menu.
Or
• Use the Insert-Surround Bus menu command.
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