5.1 analog/digital in/out on mac ???, 5.1 analog/digital in/out on mac Options

[Yeats]

Hi I'm a 3d cg animator and i am in a situation that requires me to produce 5.1 surround sound to accompany some of my productions.

I would like some information about hardware and software.
Budget (1000€)
=>I would apreciate a little readiness for the future.
The station I am going to use for that is a dual 1g Pmac with 2 free PCI slots

The Monitoring system I have is a Sony str/db 1070 receiver with full 5.1 and 6.1 surround.
=digital(coax/optical)5.1/6.1 in/out
=analog 5.1/6.1 in/out
Speakersystem is SAV-E815ED (6 satelites 1 sub)
Greetings an thanks in advance

Yeats.

yeats_jodjoban@hotmail.com

[geedoubleyou]

Digital Performer 3 supports surround sound. I'm doing research on DVD authoring
and here is what I know.

Your home theater setup is useless for mixing, because it can only deal with encoded audio. Consumer electronics are tuned to please the ear, reference monitors are for telling the truth.

You will be doing your mixing before you encode.

If you have MOTU hardware with DP3, routing presets already exist.

Your monitor setup would be something like this: 3 stereo amps, 5 reference monitors(not nearfield), powered sub-woofer.

Of course you need a pristine, treated room.

All of this is not cheap or practical, even on a small scale unless it's the type of work you do.

After you generate your 5.1 mix, it still needs to be encoded. DVD Studio Pro ($999) can import your mix and encode it.

You may be better renting a 5.1 mixing facility, that you can import your audio to.