11-20-2022, 02:44 PM | #1 |
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mixing ambient nature sounds for surround
Hi folks I'm not a muso at all but a wildlife photography/cinematographer - and I've been getting into recording nature audio a bit more serious now. Mainly using a rode NTG4+ with a Zoom FM2 and finding the 32bit float really handy for recording thunder and bird sounds etc...
I put a few recordings together into this stereo mix in reaper https://youtu.be/QLxmZbzRtKY But I have some Yamaha surround sound speakers and thought it'd be really cool to mix this in 5.1 to get some cool ambience and directional sounds. I've watched a few youtube videos on it but a lot of them seem to be for mixing for movies/videos and I'm not really getting some of the basics. The reasurroundpan effect seems to be working for me ok... but I haven't quite worked out how to put all my recordings or tracks in the mix and control them separately. For example if I want a particular birds call to come from behind.. I thought I'd do a route from its stereo track to the master track i have setup with 6 channels.. and route the stereo channels to the two channels in the master that represent the rear speakers.. but the signal just seems to spread throughout the 5 speakers on the master track.. And I think I get I can "pan" the audio on the master track to the back but that'll do the whole mix not just the part I want. Also wondering how I'd get the thunder to the LFE speaker... I also wonder if I don't need any fancy panning and is it possible just to have a 6 channel track and put my audio in where i like? but not sure how to put clips on individual channels except for routing? And whether the output would still work in a 5.1 system not using the reasurroundpan effect. Cheers for any directions |
11-20-2022, 03:01 PM | #2 |
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Maybe this is helpful: https://youtu.be/Gm2bw7OUP_w
Worth checking Dolby atmos too. Very nice format. |
11-28-2022, 03:45 AM | #3 | |
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you actually have to put one ReasurroundPan per track and then you can pan where ever you want your sounds separately ( I don't know if i quite understood your problem here). if you speack french here you have the whole plugin explained. |
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