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Creating a Pseudo 5.1 Mix from Stereo Source Using V.I.
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guns1inger
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Post Posted: Feb 04, 2006 05:57 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
A VST plugin called V.I, which has been kicking around at Doom9 since 2004, has finally been completed and released. You can read the original post here. Anyway, having had a bit of play with it, I am impressed. It is simple to use, and while not producing a full, dynamic 5,1 mix (you don't position individual sounds, for instance), it does add life and depth to your stereo sources.

I have been meaning to write a guide or two for some time, and this seemed like a good place to start. So here is my first official guide here at videohelp. It is in pdf format, and rar'd for transport. If this is a problem, please let me know, however for the moment my hosting is limited, so this has to be done.

You can download the guide here

I welcome any feedback, either on the content, the process or the style, and hope to write more guides in the future if anyone thinks it's worth the read.
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Baldrick
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Post Posted: Feb 04, 2006 09:25 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
you could post files in this forum. but maybe you want download statistics.

guns1inger
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Post Posted: Feb 04, 2006 18:51 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Nope. Happy to have them here. I couldn't see where to post non-image files in the guides section was all.
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Post Posted: Feb 06, 2006 11:55 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
post it in a reply and then link to that file.

Angel_SWE
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Post Posted: Feb 23, 2006 11:28 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi guns1inger!

First off, great guide.. everything worked great untill I got to the last part where I render/save the file as 5.1 in vegas.. I get some kinda script error or something, it looks like this:



(its in swedish so you probably dont understand what it says, but its something like "an error has occured in the script on this page")

this only happens when I try to save in 5.1.. could it be that I need a codec or something? I have reintalled the program like 10 times but I cant get past this.. I hope you can help me

When I click save, that sony window pops up but it doesnt say anything

edit/ oh, and I use Vegas 6

guns1inger
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Post Posted: Feb 26, 2006 06:37 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Do you gave DVD Architect or the Sony AC3 plugin installed ? Due to licensing restrictions/fee etc, AC3 encoding in not part of Vegas, but included as a seperate plugin or as part of the Vegas+DVDA bundle. Perhaps this is where it is failing.
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Angel_SWE
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Post Posted: Feb 26, 2006 10:03 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Ahh yes Im stupid.. it works now, thanks!.. and again - great guide

balli
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Post Posted: Aug 06, 2007 06:43 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi guns1inger!

thanks for the guide. Why do you set the fronts to 68% and the rears to -68%?

guns1inger
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Post Posted: Aug 06, 2007 23:52 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Not sure how you came to 68% - damned if I could find the numbers in my guide - however as with most things in this game, it varies from video to video and mix to mix. I deliberately tried to stay away from using specific numbers when explaining the settings because no two mixes will be the same. Sometimes you have to play around.

One quick way to test you mix down is to save a 44.1 kHz version and burn a surround audio CD of your audio (or a section thereof) and test play it. You will get the surround effect without having to wait for a whole DVD to compile.
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balli
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Post Posted: Aug 07, 2007 00:42 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi guns1inger!

thanks for the answer.

balli
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Post Posted: Aug 13, 2007 04:04 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi guns1inger!

can you tell me how to burn a surround audio CD?

guns1inger
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Post Posted: Aug 13, 2007 04:25 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Use BeSure and BeSweet to get the AC3 audio into the wav container.
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balli
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Post Posted: Aug 13, 2007 04:45 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Thanks

lacywest
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Post Posted: Jul 27, 2009 17:21 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Interesting ... very interesting ... keep up the info guys.

Been bored lately with what I've got or have been using lately ... but finding a job right now is actually more important but would be nice to have something to toy with when I get home from work.
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