Topic: Surcode Pro DTS

[hcouch]

I just got a copy of this program, and am going to try to put together a DTS mix with an AUD and a SBD source.  Anybody done any work with this program?  I did a couple of tracks and mixed them down and it sounded damn good.

Here's my main question:  It renders a .wav file but it's a dts wav and CDWave Editor doesn't recognize it.  Is there any way to cut tracks, or will I have to mix down each song as a seperate file?  And if that's how I do it, is there any way to make sure I don't have SBE's?  I mean will shntool work with dts wav's?

Thanks

[OFOTD]

Six year bump I know but it doesn't look like an answer has been reported, search came up with nothing and hopefully more folks are creating 5.1 DTS files since the OP.


Anyone have any ideas on how to create track splits to output individual files with the DTS .wav files?

I have a wonderful 5.1 mix of a show I taped that i'd like to get out there but am stuck with one long file.

[SmokinJoe]

What I do is this... create a text file with all the times in it... just type them into notepad.  Call it "splits.txt"
Another easy way to get that text file is to split a stereo version of the same audio using CDWAV.  Save the cue file.  Then copy the content of that and delete everything but the numbers.
04:34.456
07:21.874
etc
that format xx:yy.zzz is critical (min:sec.milliseconds).  If it goes over an hour, use 67:12.345, and over 2 hours would be 124:54.789.
make sure you hit "ENTER" after the last line such that the edit cursor goes to the empty line below.  If not, it will skip the last split
but don't leave any extra blank lines, or it will error out.

Then issue this command in a cmd(DOS) prompt "shntool split -f splits.txt  -a band2010-01-23d1t   mydtsfile.wav"

[guysonic]

Seeing this type of encoding software at affordable prices is something I've been waiting to see for many years.   

So far found the DTS NEO-6(music mode) the most natural sounding and best (6) channel imaging for this type of audio.   But there's more 2-channel-to-surround decoder schemes to try, so no conclusions on what works best, but found most flavors of Dolby not great sounding from my mid priced Sherwood receiver.

What I have yet to find is the best sounding DTS NEO-6(music) encoding software making 5-6 channel surround .wav files from my 2-channel stereo-surround files.  And these used in something like the Surcode Pro DTS encoding program for making surround-sound videos like this recent test vid with lots of surround audio action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYt5OMgCInI

I have found a 'almost free' series of VST plug-ins 'manually' decoding two channels of surround (at a time i.e. fL- fR, C - Sub, sR - sL) from a stereo .wav file for making 5.1 set of files.  Lots of possible channel adjustments I have yet to master. Need to spend lately hard to find time for making an evaluation of how well this program decodes the HRTF surround information.
If working well enough, then the Surcode DTS program seems like a complete solution for making 5.1 surround videos.  But then if the VST program produces good 5.1 files, maybe simply using a video editor with ability to produce Dolby 5.1 from discreet files would work OK for some projects?
For now, really do enjoy listening to my recordings with DTS surround decoding engaged.  And recently discovered my receiver’s ‘speaker off’ Dolby HeadPhone #1 mode sounds astonishingly REAL wearing in-ear-bud phones.   

Imaging of all surround sounds is most natural sounding, and exact in all directions that I’ve heard to date.  As yet, only this good noticed when ear-bud listening in this particular Dolby HP1 mode, and having edited the video checked as having Dolby 2-channel audio.   

Now wonder if a ‘large open’ type headphone might sound as good?