Subject:Soft Encode & learning it?!

Posted by: Dusty

Date:2/23/2000 6:24:00 PM

I'm into sound. Alot of sound. AES/EBU. SPDIF. Analog.
Selling the M.A.P.2000, etc. for Sonic here in Texas. My
problem: Okay, I am trying to 'encode' some sort of
surround sound with my system and need to know what else I
need to make it all work! Any brain storming to help me
will be greatly appreciated! I have Win NT with a digisuite
DTV, editing on Premiere for now. I have a sound blaster
platinum with SPDIF I/O and am trying to figure out how to
monitor, let alone, import an ac3 into the program. Is
there an editing solution other than Avid that will do
this? Will Avid even do this?! Tell me if this is correct.
I take a few loops and import them into Soft Encode. Encode
them into AC3 and monitor on either an AC3 receiver or AC3
capable Cambridge Sound Works computer AC3 speaker set-up.
After encoding, how do I output to tape? Or DVD for that
matter? Is it still a matter of having to buy Sonic
Solutions DVD authoring set-up that let's you 'burn'
multitracks onto DVD? If nothing else, if ANYONE is
encoding surround, ANY info to actually talk to them would
be GREATLY helpful!!! Thanks!

- Dusty