Surround Mixing - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

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Surround Mixing

SONAR Producer fully supports surround mixing (SONAR Studio can open
surround projects created in Producer, converting them to stereo). SONAR
(Producer) can create finished surround mixes in all popular surround formats,
including Windows Media 9 Pro. You can use a joystick to control surround
panning if you want.
Note: it's always advisable to know the required sampling rate and audio driver
bit depth for the target medium that your surround project will be used in. That
way you can work in the correct format from the start, without having to convert
later. You can set these parameters in the Audio Options dialog (Options-Audio
command).
To get a complete understanding of SONAR's surround functions, start with the
"Surround Basics" on page 472.
In This Chapter
Surround Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Configuring SONAR for Surround Mixing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Panning in Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Joystick Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Surround Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Bass Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Surround Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Importing Surround Mixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Exporting Surround Mixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492