Setting up for Surround

[agus]

Can anyone enlighten me as to what hardware is needed to outfit a ProControl for mixing in surrounds, particularly for film mixing. Dolby SR surround, 5.1, etc. Besides the necessary speakers, what is needed?

Anyone using an audio switcher for repatching the 888's?

[DigiTechSupt]

For 5.1 mixing
5) speakers and a sub. The (3) DB-25 d-sub
Pro Control enabled for surround and
a 888/24 with available outputs.
Your choice of plug-in:
Product Name
Vendor
Description
List
Price
TDM
RTAS
AS
Dolby
Surround
Tools
Dolby
Laboratories, Inc
Dolby Surround Tools
$795



Wide.R
Cuan
Get the Wider Picture
$249



DUY Plug-Ins
DUY Research
The Professional’s Choice




GRM
Tools-TDM
INA - GRM
GRM Tools TDM Plug-ins
Volume 1&2 — Powerful
Sound Processing for new
sounds
$349



SmartPan Pro
Kind of Loud
Technologies
Surround Sound Panning
Plug-In for Pro Tools TDM
$995

[JKD99]

Hi Agus,
As far as the film dubbing is concerned, there's 2 plug-ins mentioned above that will cover your bases. For doing a Dolby Lt-Rt (Dolby stereo, LCRS matrix-encoded onto two optical tracks on the print, video, etc) the Surround Tools Plug-in is the only game in town, duplicating the function of the SEU-4 and the SDU-4 for about 1/6 the $. Cool. For real panning, though, Smart Pan Pro is really the way to go, and now it supports seperate stems as well. Good luck!

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Joe Milner
Puget Sound
Los Angeles

[agus]

Thanks JKD..

We are talking about the Dolby encoded, matrixed mix. Is there a cool audio switcher out there that makes the conversion of the 888's easier?

[JKD99]

Hi Agus
Sorry for the slow response....what do you mean by "conversion of the 888's"?

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Joe Milner
Puget Sound
Los Angeles

[agus]

Well, don't you have to repatch the outputs of your 888's when you need to do a straight stereo only mix?

for example, our 5+6 outputs feed our video source. I could set up more patchbays, but there has to be a cooler way.