Reference Guide

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Configuring SONAR for surround mixing
Surround Mixing (Producer and Studio only)
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 pop-up menu of
bus options.
2. Select Insert Surround Bus from the pop-up menu.
Or
•Use the Insert > Surround Bus menu command.
See:
“Routing in surround” on page 945
Routing in surround
Tracks can send output to a surround bus, the Surround Main, or a hardware output. If a track is
routed to a surround bus or the Surround Main, it has surround meters and a surround panner. You
can route any track or bus to another bus, the Surround Main or a hardware out. However, you are
prevented from creating a signal loop by routing the signal back into a bus that is already in the
signal flow. The following table lists how each of these routing options affects the signal.
Signal Flow Result
Track to stereo bus No change
Mono track to surround bus Mono signal is routed to both Left and Right channels of
surround format. You can change the routing to other surround
channels by using the surround panner on the track.
Stereo track to surround bus Stereo left channel is routed to Left channel of surround format;
stereo right channel is routed to Right channel of surround
format. You can change the routing to other surround channels
by using the surround panner on the track.
Track to hardware output No change
Stereo bus to stereo bus No change
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