LIVE 7: please include 5.1 surround :)

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dr.wackler
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Post by dr.wackler » Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:49 pm

dr_dohh wrote:i mean, how are you supposed to do that with the current clip envelopes? I mean, i love the clip envelopes, but to incorporate a whole set of panning shifts, it'll be more difficult to use (i assume), and will defeat the purpose of live.
I can not really see the problem here: One Clip envelope for the X axis and one Clip Envelope for the Y axis. That's two Clip Envelopes to control the position in the surround field. They could add a vector field to the Envelope Editor like in Absynth's Surround Envelopes, to make editing the two envelopes easier.


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Post by subbasshead » Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:51 pm

Personally I'd prefer 3 envelopes rather than two
as it would be more intuitive when it comes to
programming or editing ie:

1. the front pan envelope (becomes LCR instead of LR)
2. an envelope for Front <-> Rear
3. a rear pan envelope for Surr L <-> Surr R

(FWIW ProTools carries 5.1 automation this way)

Having watched film mixers work a lot I notice they often dont use a joystick
panner, but perform the pans using multiple pan knobs as per above....
It of course depends on the content & context, as there are definitely times
when flying a sound around the room with a joystick is easiest AND most fun!

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Post by Soma » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:08 pm

I have no experience w/ mixing in 5.1 but have the monitors and sound card for it. I would experiment with it for sure (and upgrade) if Live 7 had this.

Interesting...

I think I might try downloading Ntrack and rewiring Live to it for doing the pan and mix.

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Post by Meef Chaloin » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:16 am

id prefer to see other conventional features before this, but would be good to have eventually

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Post by Soma » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:24 pm

Meef Chaloin wrote:id prefer to see other conventional features before this, but would be good to have eventually
Agreed (well maybe not "conventional" but other more practical features at least)

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