Sony Acid 7 Manual

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The track list and Mixer window switch to 5.1 surround mode. The Master bus becomes the Surround 
Master bus, which contains faders for each of the six surround channels. Surround panners appear on tracks 
and mixer controls. Tracks routed to mixer controls (busses, assignable effects, or soft synths) do not have 
surround panners; panning for these tracks takes place on the mixer control.
Routing to hardware in the mixer
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Assigning audio to the LFE channel
Once the project is in 5.1 surround mode, you must decide whether a track will provide the “5” (surround 
panning) or the “1” (LFE channel) in 5.1 surround. Initially, all tracks in a surround project are set to 
provide surround panning, but you can assign a track to the LFE channel instead.
You can assign an individual track to the LFE channel or you can route the track to a mixer control (bus, soft 
synth, or assignable effect...

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Panning tracks
1.Double-click the surround panner on the track you wish to pan. The Surround Panner window appears.
2.Adjust the panning settings. For more information, see Using the Surround Panner window on page 163.
3.Close the Surround Panner window.
Tip: You can also use the surround panner in the track 
header to pan your track.
Double-click to display
the Surround
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Panning mixer controls
You may choose to route tracks to busses or other mixer controls (such as soft synths or assignable effect 
chains) and pan them as a group rather than panning each track individually. 
Note: When you route a track to a bus or soft synth control, 
ACID sends stereo (two-channel) output to the mixer control 
and the mixer control sends 5.1 (six-channel) output to the 
Surround Master bus.
1.Add a mixer control to the project. For more...

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Using the Surround Panner window
Whether you’re adjusting track panning or mixer control panning, you use the same controls in the 
Surround Panner window.
View the Surround Panner window by double-clicking a surround panner on a track header or mixer control. 
Once the Surround Panner window is open, you can dock it in the ACID workspace. For more information, 
see Docking and floating ACID windows on page 172.
Tip: You can also choose Surround Panner from the View...

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Moving the pan point
ACID provides a variety of methods to help you position the pan point in the Surround Panner window.
Choosing pan types
When you pan a track or mixer control, you can choose among several pan types to determine how ACID 
pans the audio. The current pan type appears at the bottom of the Surround Panner window.
Right-click the Surround Panner window and choose a pan type from the shortcut menu.
The
 Add Channels pan type makes the audio appear to...

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The horizontal lines represent the points where the front-to-rear signal ratio is 6 dB, 0 dB, and -6 dB 
respectively. As you adjust the 
Center fader, the lines move forward or backward to compensate for the 
center-channel gain.
The grid assumes that youre using a correctly set-up 
surround system (matched speakers and ideal positioning). 
Variations in your monitoring system will cause 
inconsistencies between the graph and perceived output. 
Automating panning
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4.Close the Surround Panner window.
A keyframe with the pan settings you created appears below the track at the cursor position. 
Tip: You can also add keyframes by double-clicking the 
keyframe row or by right-clicking the row and choosing 
Add 
Keyframe
 from the shortcut menu. Once you’ve added the 
keyframe, double-click it to adjust panning settings in the 
Surround Panner window.
As you add keyframes to a track or bus track, the Surround Panner window shows the...

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Changing keyframe interpolation curves
To control how the pan is interpolated between keyframes, right-click a keyframe and choose an 
interpolation curve type from the shortcut menu. Keyframe interpolation curves control how the pan occurs 
over time. 
Adjusting the Smoothness slider
The Smoothness slider controls the perceived motion of sound within the sound field among three or more 
keyframes. When you drag the 
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Rendering surround projects
ACID renders 5.1 surround projects to produce six monaural files (WAV or AIFF). You can then use an 
authoring application to create the final cinema, DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, or DTS 5.1 Music project from 
the rendered files.
With the addition of the Sonic Foundry 5.1 Surround Plug-In Pack, you can render AC-3 files in ACID and 
burn the resulting files to DVD.
Note: Before rendering your surround project, check your 
surround authoring...