Subject:Multichannel to Stereo

Posted by: lindsey

Date:9/1/2010 9:14:12 AM

I am trying to save my multichannel (6 channels) .wav file to a stereo .wav file. I have done it in the past just by doing a Save As and then adjusting the Template using the Custom button. Today when I have tried to change it to any other format I get this message: "The custom template you selected is not valid with the current project settings. It has been filtered out of the template list."

How can I save this multichannel file to a stereo file?

Subject:RE: Multichannel to Stereo

Reply by: rraud

Date:9/1/2010 1:00:23 PM

Are you referring to saving a 5.1 (surround) file or mixing six discrete tracks down to two?

Subject:RE: Multichannel to Stereo

Reply by: lindsey

Date:9/1/2010 1:39:13 PM

I guess it is a 5.1 surround file. But yes, I am trying to get it down to two. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks!

Subject:RE: Multichannel to Stereo

Reply by: Geoff_Wood

Date:9/2/2010 4:37:15 PM

You really need a proper DAW to do this easily, and some degree of mixing and tweaking may be necessary.

Or simplistically you could simply mute all but Front L and Front R and do your render.

Maybe somebody has a script to downmix 5.1 to stereo ?

geoff

Subject:RE: Multichannel to Stereo

Reply by: MarkWWW

Date:9/3/2010 4:15:34 AM

Use Process|Channel Converter. There is a preset for "5.1 Surround to Stereo" which assumes your 6 channels are layed out in the order Lf,Rf,C,LFE,Lr,Rr. If your six channels are layed out in a different order you will need to modify the preset, but you should be able to see how to do so without much trouble.

Mark

Subject:RE: Multichannel to Stereo

Reply by: lindsey

Date:9/7/2010 5:56:38 AM

Thank you! This worked perfectly.