5.1 mix how to ???

Dear guys Loving Reaper very much I am a computer musician and working in a home studio set up . Gears: M audio inter face, reaper , protools, freewares. \ windows xp, no mixing board and control surfaces. Just i want to do 5.1 mix in my home set up (if possible ). i tried and studied a lot in web with spat and reaper surround plugins but it all the techno stuff confusing me and made me insane...... (consider reaper )As the mixing and mastering is finished the tracks are rendered in stereo mix. that is 2.1 rt and left. consider the song bears 10 tracks and all rooted to master. from this point any one help me how to do the dream 5.1 mix......... i have a home theater setup (5 speakers with a center woofer pc multimedia setup) advance thanks for your valuable tips.. d the s

Hi, d the s If by any chance you can read french, i have a tutorial (in french) on the subject, on this page : Sorry for the inconvenience if you can't read french. Maybe you can ask for someone to translate it to you... Regards

If you open reaper in google chrome it will translate for you! :)

dears Thanks for your reply i do not know french the images on the page gives me some idea (but in vain) can any one possibly help........ thanks a lot ..... d the s

I have personally found 'Surround' to be a bit tedious within Reaper, especially for beginners. I assume, you are just doing this for fun and to explore possibilities. From, what I can suggest, that would suit you: a) You can line up your 10 stereo stems. b) You can then drop the ReaSurround plugin on each channel. You will have to handle the correct routing (corresponding to your monitoring channels). You might have to change the parent channels on each track to 6 from 2 (which is generally used for stereo). (In most other DAW's, you will be setup for surround in under 2mins. In Reaper, I sometimes run a few circles.) c) To keep things simple and ensure some level of translation (I'm assuming your 5.1's are not calibrated), you could try mixing in a quad configuration first (Left, Right, Left SR, Right SR). You can push the vocals to the centre channel, mix the rest in Left/Right as you usually would for stereo. This should ensure you at least a decently translatable LCR mix. It is up to you, what you want to send in your surrounds. Some people only send reverbs and delays, others send full instruments. In a 5.1 setup, remember, the surrounds are usually bandwidth limited. I wouldn't recommend any panning automation, unless calibrated. Once again, if this is just for your personal listening, go nuts! There are no rules! ;)

This ^. I've got a number of project templates to make it quicker. Remember also to change the settings on the master track.

Hi again d the s, Please, retry the link above about my ReaSurround tutorial. I've just added an English translation, written in Italic, to my page. You might now find it more interesting. Good luck Regards

k thanks a lot guys d the s