[Pro] Surround sound

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Hi all, very off-topic this one. Does anyone know of a low-cost solution of upmixing a stereo track to 5.1 dts surround?

I know of a couple of freebies/shareware for pc but not for Mac.

thanks in advance.
Trev

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Do I take it that this is a no then:-) ?

No-one knows of anything?

Trev

On 2 Nov 2010, at 08:28, Trevreav wrote:

Hi all, very off-topic this one. Does anyone know of a low-cost
solution of upmixing a stereo track to 5.1 dts surround?

I know of a couple of freebies/shareware for pc but not for Mac.

thanks in advance.
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Hi Trev,

It isn’t something I’ve done in the past but this was the first hit on Google, searching for “stereo to 5.1 mac”:

Joe

On 3 Nov 2010, at 10:32, Trevor Reaveley wrote:

Do I take it that this is a no then:-) ?

No-one knows of anything?

Trev

On 2 Nov 2010, at 08:28, Trevreav wrote:

Hi all, very off-topic this one. Does anyone know of a low-cost solution of upmixing a stereo track to 5.1 dts surround?

I know of a couple of freebies/shareware for pc but not for Mac.

thanks in advance.
Trev

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Thanks for that Joe, but it’s not quite what I’m after.

I have some stereo source files which a client has asked me if I know
how to upmix them to 5.1 surround sound to be played in a standalone
DVD recorder and surround sound speakers for a presentation. So it’s
not how to play them on my Mac, it’s how to encode the files to be
written to DVD/CD.

thanks.
Trev

On 3 Nov 2010, at 10:48, Joe Billings wrote:

Hi Trev,

It isn’t something I’ve done in the past but this was the first hit
on Google, searching for “stereo to 5.1 mac”:

Stereo Upmix / Speaker Fill / Stereo to 5.1 [HOW TO ON A MAC] - macOS (was Mac OS X) | InsanelyMac

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How about:

Again, found using Google.

Joe

On 3 Nov 2010, at 11:37, Trevor Reaveley wrote:

Thanks for that Joe, but it’s not quite what I’m after.

I have some stereo source files which a client has asked me if I know how to upmix them to 5.1 surround sound to be played in a standalone DVD recorder and surround sound speakers for a presentation. So it’s not how to play them on my Mac, it’s how to encode the files to be written to DVD/CD.

thanks.
Trev

On 3 Nov 2010, at 10:48, Joe Billings wrote:

Hi Trev,

It isn’t something I’ve done in the past but this was the first hit on Google, searching for “stereo to 5.1 mac”:

Stereo Upmix / Speaker Fill / Stereo to 5.1 [HOW TO ON A MAC] - macOS (was Mac OS X) | InsanelyMac

Joe

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Funnily enough, just reading that now, but I think the price might be
a bit high for the client and a one-off job.

Taken me ages to see the 2 things mentioned using Yahoo to search…
that’ll teach me!

Thanks again Joe.
Trev

On 3 Nov 2010, at 11:55, Joe Billings wrote:

How about:
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/UpMixMac/

Again, found using Google.

Joe

On 3 Nov 2010, at 11:37, Trevor Reaveley wrote:

Thanks for that Joe, but it’s not quite what I’m after.

I have some stereo source files which a client has asked me if I
know how to upmix them to 5.1 surround sound to be played in a
standalone DVD recorder and surround sound speakers for a
presentation. So it’s not how to play them on my Mac, it’s how to
encode the files to be written to DVD/CD.

thanks.
Trev

On 3 Nov 2010, at 10:48, Joe Billings wrote:

Hi Trev,

It isn’t something I’ve done in the past but this was the first
hit on Google, searching for “stereo to 5.1 mac”:

Stereo Upmix / Speaker Fill / Stereo to 5.1 [HOW TO ON A MAC] - macOS (was Mac OS X) | InsanelyMac

Joe

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Yikes. That is a stiff price. Have you looked at Logic Express from
Apple? That’s about $200, and is a full-fledged mixing studio in a
box. One thing I will say about it is this – it expects that you
understand the inner workings of a mixing board and have a working
knowledge of sound mixing. I own it, and have used it extensively for
live recording and minor studio work, but I have probably plumbed
about one tenth of what it can do.

Perhaps what you’re paying for with the other app is one-click-easy.
You might just want to look around for a gigging musician who owns one
or another of the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) applications like
Logic and ask them to do it for you. Maybe put something in their tip
jar in exchange.

Walter

On Nov 3, 2010, at 7:59 AM, Trevor Reaveley wrote:

Funnily enough, just reading that now, but I think the price might
be a bit high for the client and a one-off job.

Taken me ages to see the 2 things mentioned using Yahoo to search…
that’ll teach me!

Thanks again Joe.
Trev

On 3 Nov 2010, at 11:55, Joe Billings wrote:

How about:
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/UpMixMac/

Again, found using Google.

Joe

On 3 Nov 2010, at 11:37, Trevor Reaveley wrote:

Thanks for that Joe, but it’s not quite what I’m after.

I have some stereo source files which a client has asked me if I
know how to upmix them to 5.1 surround sound to be played in a
standalone DVD recorder and surround sound speakers for a
presentation. So it’s not how to play them on my Mac, it’s how to
encode the files to be written to DVD/CD.

thanks.
Trev

On 3 Nov 2010, at 10:48, Joe Billings wrote:

Hi Trev,

It isn’t something I’ve done in the past but this was the first
hit on Google, searching for “stereo to 5.1 mac”:

Stereo Upmix / Speaker Fill / Stereo to 5.1 [HOW TO ON A MAC] - macOS (was Mac OS X) | InsanelyMac

Joe

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I found this free software, although I can’t vouch for it’s usability.

This would be the software platform - Audio Editing Software. Sound, Music, Voice & MP3 Editor. Best Audio Editor for 2023.

This would be the converter plugin to use with above (also free): http://stevethomson.ca/vi/

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Chuckamuck, that looks just the ticket, and at an affordable price.

Thanks very much, I’ll probably get it tomorrow and report back as the
week goes on.

Trev

On 3 Nov 2010, at 16:49, chuckamuck wrote:

I found this free software, although I can’t vouch for it’s usability.

This would be the software platform - Audio Editing Software. Sound, Music, Voice & MP3 Editor. Best Audio Editor for 2023.

This would be the converter plugin to use with above (also free): http://stevethomson.ca/vi/

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Hi Chuckamuck, just to report back. Wavepad seems fine but the plugin
is pc only so still not sorted.

I use Amadeus for my general sound editing (great programme, by the
way, for the price) and I’m now looking at VST plugins for that).

Thanks for the pointers though.

Trev

On 3 Nov 2010, at 16:49, chuckamuck wrote:

I found this free software, although I can’t vouch for it’s usability.

This would be the software platform - Audio Editing Software. Sound, Music, Voice & MP3 Editor. Best Audio Editor for 2023.

This would be the converter plugin to use with above (also free): http://stevethomson.ca/vi/

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