Building a Pro Mixing 5.1 Setup on a Budget - Part 1 (Choosing Equipment)
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Have you ever wanted to get into the world of spatial audio and immersive mixing? One of the easiest ways is with a 5.1 surround sound setup. This video covers all of the equipment you'll need, including monitors, monitor controllers, audio interfaces, mixing software, and plugins.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:51 Near vs Farfield
2:12 What You Need
2:25 Monitors
3:32 Monitor Control
4:20 Audio Interfaces
5:00 Software and Plugins
6:00 Accessories
6:35 Outro - Фільми й анімація
You are a Godsend! Cut my research time in half for my upgrades and interface concerns. I'll be back...
I love this, thanks so much. This is exactly what I was looking for.
YOU ARE AMAZING! Very giving and generous! Thank you soo much for these videos! I am trying to building my studio and this is priceless!
Yes! Would love you to get in more depth about up mixing and any other plug ins you think are useful.going to watch part 2 now. Thanks.
Perfect timing dropping this vid haha literally shopping for a 5.1 set up today
thank you for this video. just the information I was trying to find for days.
this helped me so much, thank you!
Thanks for the tip on speaker stands! You might want to add those to your Amazon list. I'm adding 5.1 to my music studio and have found your videos very helpful. Thanks!!
From India, loved the video, and your detailed research saved our so much time. I was so confused due yo lack of knowledge about sound. U cleared all doubts. Thank u so so so much.
Great video, thanks!
Great video bro
me at work watching this with a brand new 18i20, 4 yamaha hs8 and a subwoofer sitting in its box next to me. This is going to be fun! I wish this was my setup, tho
Excellent video... Very useful... Tnx love
I believe I am not alone on this one when I say this is priceless.
Please do a video on surround sound plug in options.
Amazing and informative video.
Can you suggest me budget audio interface and monitor controller for 7.1 ? and what other equipment's do I need to make surround studio?
Love the video! This is what got me to get the 18i20 for my home near field setup. I’m having some issues tho getting the routing right. I’m on Mac with pro tools. Can you help?
Great video!
Two things:
Do you need a MADI interface?
Is Digital Performer any good for this?
Thanks :)
Thank you
What budget would you suggest for someone who just wants to do some experimenting, see if it looks interesting enough? Also, I don't think it'd be wise to use an amateur 5.1 setup to do (semi-) pro "stereo" music production, right? I started with musicmaking in 1991 (100% self-taught), now I'm using Ableton Live on pc and was recently contacted by 2 record labels, just to give you an idea. Thanks for the video! 👍
nice vid
Hey, i have 4 Focal Alpha 65 and the focusrite 18i20. My Question is, how i can setup this to use it as Surround. Thanks for your great Videos
Help me alot
Care to share how you setup the Scarlett? I'm lost
Great video thanks!
In now time does the EVO 16 do the same as Focusrite? Im wondering how the 5.1 routing will go on EVO and no one talking about this.
Thanks again
I've been looking for the same answer, and I have found that no, it doesn't. I really wanted to get that box, but I need to mix surround.
@@mattdegnan2989 Thanks for your reply!
Actually after realising that I added more money to the budget and got UAD apollo x6. Powerful and have surround calibration option.
this is amazing! I would like to ask if i use hs8 for left and right, hs5 for surround L and R, do i need to calibrate their volume?
You should calibrate each speaker individually to the same volume. The HS5s have slightly less powerful amps compared to the HS8s, so you'll probably need to turn them up more to get to your target calibration level.
@@AlteraSound thank you so much ! yes i saw your calibration video
What do you think about the Audient EVO 16
what if you have a surround sound speaker system where the speakers are no powered except the subwoofer and there is a receiver that they all plug into
Hello my friend
My new room 4×5 m
Do you recommend adam t7v or adam t8v for 5.1 surround mixing?
Hi, do you think a Tascam SERIES 208i can work to mix 5.1?
ESI u86 souncard can do 5.1 mix???it has 6 trs outs
Thanks for this info. Please, i want to set up a 5.1 for my home studio. I'm thinking of getting focal alpha Evo 65(6") for the LCR and the 5" version for my RsLs. Can this set up work? Or It's a must that the woofer inch has to be the same on all the speakers? Or is there a monitor on a budget you can recommend? Thanks
I mix professionally with 7" LCR and 5" Rears.
@@mattdegnan2989 Thank you.🙏
Hey man! I purchased the Scarlett 18i20 unit for my 5.1 setup. Question: once i calibrated each speaker to 80-85 db through the Scarlett console, I couldn’t figure out the way to control the overall output level. Choosing ALL speakers resets my speakers level to zero. What would be the way to link all five speakers level to one output level fader?
i suggest use the surround device monitor control like he suggest on Monitor Control. Once you set your speaker DB and caustic, just route it to the Monitor Control.
With an Scarlett 18i20 is it possible to pass-in 5.1 audio from games and movies through the Scarlet software or does the software pass 5.1 audio from a DAW only? Currently I'm using an Antelope Discreet 8 and having to pass movie and game audio through a SoundBlaster sound card via six RCAs to get 5.1 in games and movies. With a DAW I can go directly to 5.1 through the Antelope software via its USB cord to XLR. Looking for a way to use only the audio interface (without RCA and XLR only) for all 5.1 audio whether its coming from a game, movie, or DAW... may not be possible?
The short answer is yes. I cover this in more detail in Part 2 of this video, but you can set Windows and MacOS to recognize your sound device as a 5.1 system, and games and movies that support it will output surround sound.
@@AlteraSound Hey Tall Guy! I just wanted to thank you and report back to let you know I finally got around to buying a Scarlett 18i20 3rd Gen. I previously could not get my Antelope Discreet 8 Synergy interface to play back my movies and games in 5.1 surround through the Antelope interface. I literally tried "everything" under the Sun to get it to work. I previously submitted a support request to Antelope's audio engineers who told me that 5.1 playback with "their drivers" was only possible through a DAW. Today, I installed the Focusrite Control software, plugged in the Scarlett 18i20 and WOW! in just a few minutes I had all my games and movies playing through my Adam 5.1 surround system with ease! It's just unbelievable how much of a night and day difference there is driver-wise between Antelope and Focusrite. If you are reading this and you are a "Windows" user, then trust the person who fought with Antelope drivers for over two years; don't buy an Antelope interface!... buy a Focusrite instead! The Focusrite drivers just work! Thanks again Tall Guy for the video series on 5.1 surround. I learned some new things and it lead me down the path to finally getting an audio interface that actually works perfect for my DAW, movies, and gaming in 5.1 surround! I was frustrated for so long, but now I'm so excited! Good drivers make or break your audio interface!
Any reason not to get something like the 18i8 since only 5 outputs are needed?
.1
.1 meaning 5.1, so six outputs are needed
How can I now watch Netfix 5.1 Videos over that setup?
My second video in this series goes into detail on this. If you're watching on a computer, surround sound is only supported on Windows Edge or on the Windows Store Netflix app. You'll have to configure your system as a 5.1 device in your audio control panel, then you should get surround from any content on Netflix that supports it.
So Logic X pro isnt a good option?
i.e. If I want to mix 5.1/7.1 Audio in Davinci Resolve 17.4.? a couple hundred dollar Sound bar is not really sufficient? Why not if 90% of my/your audience only have/use a sound bar attached to their Living room HDTV?
U could. But itd be like mixing a billboard 100 track on airpods. Its just not suitable or professional enough. Also soundbars dont provide accurate imaging
Thanks for the tutorial. One suggestion - please avoid deleting the pauses in your speech. It makes it diffult to understand what you're saying.