5.1 (pseudo) mix from HDV stereo audio
BJBBJB1 Mar 13, 2010 5:28 PMI have done lots of research on this....and the folks in the encore forum have helped me figure out how to render my 5.1 mix to a Blu-Ray disc.
However now I have an editing issue....
I used the Adobe tutorial on how to setup a 5.1 sequence....I setup a new 5.1 master sequence, and told it I want 6 5.1 channels. I then copied the same audio track to each of the 6 channels in the project window. If I use submix channels, I guess you don't get the front/rear puck per the tutorial so I need 6 masters? It is clear that you need to choose 5.1, but not so clear on if you are importing stereo audio, how many master and submix tracks to setup.
I want to take my stereo channel mix, and "spread it" across the 5.1 sound stage. I know this is not true 5.1, but I don't care. I have done this with a much lesser NLE and if the rear channels are low, it provides a nice mix.
I think I am missing some of the steps though....do I need to separate my stereo captured HDV audio into mono or just leave it as stereo???
And regardless, once I had my 6 channels, and moved the pucks around, it was not outputting 5.1 to my PC speaker system. It is a 5.1 setup with a Creative X-FI titanium sound card. I do get 5.1 during editing from my other NLE.
I have read all the help files about choosing my audio hardware betweem WDM sound and Creative ASIO. However neither choice provides me audio out of my rear speakers during editing.
I then read that I need to setup my audio output mapping....and I need to "Drag the desired sequence channel tile into line with the desired hardware channel in the list." However I only have Speakers listed twice....and they only appear to be left and right.... Even though I have 6 audio channels in the sequence and a 5.1 sound card and speaker setup.
So the questions are:
1) What do I need to change to hear 5.1 audio during editing.
2) For what I am trying to do, should I be splitting my captured audio into mono channels or leaving it as stereo.
3) How do I setup my 5.1 sequence in order to achieve my goal.
I apologize if this is something simple. I have done the reading and research and cannot get it to work...
I feel like I am pretty close to being able to transition to this much more powerful tool. The video side is pretty straightforward. However I am having issues on the audio side.
If this was CS4 and a photo question, I could probably answer that!!!
Thanks,
BJBBJB1


