multi-channel wave editor

[monohouse]

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[shon3i]

I cool edit in multitrack view you have Multichannel/Surround Encoder on View menu.

I think most usefull multichannel editor is Nero WaveEditor, support biggest multichannel input and output types.

[monohouse]

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[shon3i]

Then use Nero Wave Editor.

[monohouse]

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[skromnibog]

nero only opens the first 30 minutes of the multichannel track, that does not sound like a professional approach to mastering multichannel audio, are you sure there are no professional methods ? (ones which opens the whole file ?)
Do you have full licensed version of Nero? If yes then please describe problem in more details and it will be fixed.

[pig_10]

hmmm, seems like Sound Forge can handle this, Multi-Channel in one window and not separated view like Cool Edit/Audition.
only 30 minutes? is your file larger than 4GB? if yes, I got this problem too, most programs can't handle WAV files larger than 4GB.
only program I found is EAC3TO...

[tebasuna51]

... is your file larger than 4GB? if yes, I got this problem too, most programs can't handle WAV files larger than 4GB.
only program I found is EAC3TO...

And AviSynth based like BeHappy, MeGUI...

[JustABDFan]

I stumbled across this one the other day, does multichannel waves and it's free.

http://www.wavosaur.com/

[pig_10]

And AviSynth based like BeHappy, MeGUI...

oh thank you, I don't know because I never tried to use AviSynth to open a WAV larget than 4gigs...hmmm, maybe very useful for some cases

[tebasuna51]

I don't know because I never tried to use AviSynth to open a WAV larget than 4gigs...hmmm, maybe very useful for some cases

You need NicAudio.dll v2.01 (http://www.codeplex.com/NicAudio) plugin (very common for audio: ac3, dts, mp2, mp3, lpcm, w64, ...) and use the RaWavSource() method to open wav, raw, wave_format_extensible, w64, rf64, ... without the 4GB limit.

[monohouse]

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[tebasuna51]

To split and join you can use WaveWizard.

[monohouse]

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[tebasuna51]

The standard uncompressed wav file 7.1 must have this channel order:
FL-FR-FC-LF-BL-BR-SL-SR

[monohouse]

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[setarip_old]

Surround Left, Surround Right...

[tebasuna51]

Surround Left, Surround Right...

Nope, Side Left and Side Right (is the MS names).

Surround is the name for 5.1 ac3 rear channels.
If a 5.1 ac3 channels need be converted to 7.1 the Surround channels must be distributed between Side and Back channels.

Edit: More or less
FrontC -> 0º
FrontR -> 30º
SideR -> 90º
SurroundR -> 120º
BackR -> 150º

[raquete]

@ monohouse
i think that S.Forge and Audition can open your 7.1 file.

@ tebasuna
cool explanations as always! :-)