Hi everyone! It's been a while since I posted to this site but I wanted to get some feedback/advice. I'll be graduating college in about 2 years with a BA in film production (my university didn't have an audio program so I did what I could). Business is really picking up for me and I'm hoping right after graduation I'll be able to afford to setup a dedicated studio room in an apartment.
My dream setup and what I'm working towards is a Nuendo/Pro Tools system for re-recording, post work, composing, sampling, and VR audio engineering. By then I plan on finally having the space to break into 5.1 mixing. Thanks to my job at the university I have some understanding of complex signal routing but 5.1 is still mostly a mystery to me.
Ok, exposition aside here's my idea. I plan on investing into The Pietown Adam Audio 5.1 system as my monitors. From a Clarrett interface I was hoping to output optic through to a controller then out the controller to the monitors. But I read that 5.1 can't be sent optic out in real time, only decoded and played back. Anyone able to confirm this? Just wanted to fact check that one.
So now my idea is to run signal out the Clarrett, TRS to XLR, to a controller like the Coleman SR5.1 then out the Coleman to the monitors, XLR to XLR. The monitors are powered so I don't need an amplifier, but am I missing something? I also read that a Dolby decoder would be good to check the mix after you bounce it but that's where things really get fuzzy for me.
Anyone have any 5.1 experience that could help shed some light on the optic out, Dolby decoder, and my current planned signal path?
Edit: One last question, sorry it just came to me. I know typically for 2.1 setups your monitors run into your sub. How does that work with 5.1? The Pietown sub doesn't have 5 inputs so would one-for-one to the monitor controller be ok, and how would that affect bass management and crossovers from the other 5?
Sorry for all the questions. I'm still very much a student and I want to make sure I understand as much as I can before moving forward with a major upgrade like this one.
My dream setup and what I'm working towards is a Nuendo/Pro Tools system for re-recording, post work, composing, sampling, and VR audio engineering. By then I plan on finally having the space to break into 5.1 mixing. Thanks to my job at the university I have some understanding of complex signal routing but 5.1 is still mostly a mystery to me.
Ok, exposition aside here's my idea. I plan on investing into The Pietown Adam Audio 5.1 system as my monitors. From a Clarrett interface I was hoping to output optic through to a controller then out the controller to the monitors. But I read that 5.1 can't be sent optic out in real time, only decoded and played back. Anyone able to confirm this? Just wanted to fact check that one.
So now my idea is to run signal out the Clarrett, TRS to XLR, to a controller like the Coleman SR5.1 then out the Coleman to the monitors, XLR to XLR. The monitors are powered so I don't need an amplifier, but am I missing something? I also read that a Dolby decoder would be good to check the mix after you bounce it but that's where things really get fuzzy for me.
Anyone have any 5.1 experience that could help shed some light on the optic out, Dolby decoder, and my current planned signal path?
Edit: One last question, sorry it just came to me. I know typically for 2.1 setups your monitors run into your sub. How does that work with 5.1? The Pietown sub doesn't have 5 inputs so would one-for-one to the monitor controller be ok, and how would that affect bass management and crossovers from the other 5?
Sorry for all the questions. I'm still very much a student and I want to make sure I understand as much as I can before moving forward with a major upgrade like this one.
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