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SoundCode For DTS™ plug-in

suite for Pro Tools™

Plug-In Users Guide

Version 1.0.4 for Pro Tools HD™/LE/M-Powered

Systems on Macintosh OS X and Windows XP

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Summary of content (15 pages)

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SoundCode For DTS™ plug-in suite for Pro Tools™ Plug-In Users Guide Version 1.0.4 for Pro Tools HD™/LE/M-Powered Systems on Macintosh OS X and Windows XP Created By Neyrinck San Francisco, CA USA www.neyrinck.com info@neyrinck.com Technical Support (USA) www.neyrinck.com support@neyrinck.com Product Information (USA) www.neyrinck.com info@neyrinck.com Copyright Licensing This guide is copyrighted ©2006 by Neyrinck with all rights reserved.
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Table Of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome System Requirements Better Decoder Integration in Pro Tools 7.0 or Higher Pro Tools 6.
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Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome To SoundCode For DTS SoundCode For DTS is a mastering quality plug-in for encoding and decoding DTS audio in Pro Tools systems. DTS is a digital audio compression technology developed by DTS, Inc. It features discrete 6.1 surround sound at 48 / 44.1 kHz and discrete 5.1 surround sound at 24bit, 96 kHz. It is used to decode mono, stereo, and surround audio for DVD-Video. The SoundCode DTS Encoder Features: • • • • • • • Faster than real time encoding. Writes .
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which will reduce the number of Pro Tools playback channels available. Pro Tools 6.7 and Earlier Will Not Function SoundCode DTS will not operate with Pro Tools 6.7 and earlier. This is because the decoder uses MIDI time code to synchronize playback. Pro Tools 6.7 and earlier do not send MIDI time code to plug-ins. Important Sample Rate Information The SoundCode For DTS encoder operates in 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, and 96 kHz sample rate sessions. At this time it is not compatible with 88.2 kHz.
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Chapter 2 Installation Installing SoundCode For DTS Installers can be downloaded from the Neyrinck website (www.neyrinck.com) Installation steps are essentially the same, regardless of the bundle, package, or system you purchase. Installation To install SoundCode For DTS: 1. If Pro Tools is running, Quit Pro Tools. 2. Locate and open (double-click) the plug-in installer. 3. Follow the instructions presented by the installation software. 4. When installation is complete, click Quit.
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Chapter 3 DTS Encoder Plug-In Overview The encoder is implemented as an AudioSuite plug-in. Open the plug-in window by selecting it from the AudioSuite menu in Pro Tools. The plug-in is located in the Sound Field category. controls the metadata and preprocessing settings used by the encoder. Except for the Input Channel Order control, these settings can be saved as presets using the Pro Tools plug-in preset features. Input Channel Order is saved as a preference.
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it as the default setting. Please consult the Pro Tools Plug-Ins User Guide for more information. ENCODE Controls - Encoder DTS encoding has many features and options. Please see the separate document titled DTS Encoding Guidelines.pdf for a thorough explanation of DTS. The following is a simple explanation of the controls. Input Channel Order This control tells the encoder how the input channels are ordered in the Pro Tools edit window from top to bottom.
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Attenuate Surround 3 dB DTS Type When this button is ON, the encoder will attenuate the rear channels by 3 dB. This is necessary for mixes that were made for cinema and are being encoded for DVD. This popup control selects the type of DTS file the encoder will export to. The choices are Padded (.dts) and Compact (.cpt). ES Phase Shift When this button is ON, the encoder will apply a 90 degree phase shift to the Ls and Rs channels. In the case of 5.
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play an alert sound when an encoding process has finished. Punch In/Out Page Punch Enable This enables punch mode of the encoder. Please see the Punch In/Out section of this user guide for information about using the punch feature. Punch Start, End, Length These values indicate the time code location and length of how a punchenabled encode process will be performed. For more information about the Punch In/Out feature, see the section titled Encoding Using Punch In/Out.
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For Punch In/Out to operate properly, you must follow these rules: 1. The audio being encoded must be located properly in the Pro Tools timeline. The Punch In/Out start and end points are relative to the start of the Pro Tools session. 2. You must have 4096 samples (86 milliseconds) of audio pre-roll before the start point. The pre-roll audio is necessary to “prime” the encoder so that the re-encoded data will seamlessly punch in without a glitch. 3.
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Chapter 4 DTS Decoder Plug-In Overview The decoder plug-in operates as a real time RTAS plug-in or as a nonreal time AudioSuite plug-in. The plug-in types are located in the Sound Field category of Pro Tools lists of plug-ins. Open the AudioSuite plug-in window by selecting it from the AudioSuite menu in Pro Tools. Pro Tools 7.0 and later has these real time RTAS types to choose from: stereo-tostereo, stereo-to-stereo LE 5.1, stereo-to-stereo LE 6.1, stereo-to5.1, 5.1-to-5.1, stereo-to-6.1, and 6.1-to-6.1.
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AudioSuite Window The AudioSuite user interface has the same INPUT, DECODE and STATUS sections as the RTAS user interface. It differs slightly from the RTAS version with regard to synchronization and output stem format choices. RTAS version saves these control settings as part of a Pro Tools session. If you close and reopen a Pro Tools session, these controls will be set as they were when the session was saved. The AudioSuite version saves these control settings in a preferences file.
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empty, then you must select a file with the “Browse” control. Once you have one or more files in the list, you can use this popup control to select the one you want to use. The last two entries in the popup allow you to remove the current entry or all entries. Sync To (RTAS Only) This popup controls how the DTS file will be synchronized to Pro Tools playback for decoding. At this time it is always set to Session Start.
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because a DTS ES 5.1 and DTS 6.1 ES streams are always at 48 kHz. DTS 96/24 (96 kHz Only) This control is always disabled. This control will become active in future versions that support new DTS technology. Stereo Downmix This button selects stereo downmixing. Use it to monitor how a stereo decoding system will downmix a program that has more than two main channels. It is available only when the stream has more than two channels. 5.1 Downmix This button selects 5.1 downmixing. Use it to monitor how a 5.
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contain time code it is displayed as time code using the Pro Tools session frame rate. End This displays the end time of the selected DTS file. If the file contains time code it is displayed as time code using the DTS file session frame rate. If the file does not contain time code it is displayed as time code using the Pro Tools session frame rate. Frame Rate This displays the timecode frame rate of the selected DTS file. Drop frame is indicated by DF after the numerical rate.