![]() ![]() What you were listening to with your Aerosmith was full stereo in the fronts, center output from that split in your center, and side output from that split in your rears. It's a different "approach." SPEC-CC (what you had chosen in your screenshot) is based on the algorithm used by another popular extraction tool, Center Cut GUI, which splits a stereo file into center and sides. The main programmer behind SPEC, Zeerround, had only spent about 3-4 months working with the program before developing the first build of SPEC, and look where he is now. ![]() My opinion is that, unless you're starting with a 24/96 source to begin with (and I don't even think a 24/96 needle drop counts) the gain from going from 16/44.1 to 24/96 is negligible. Plogue has little to do with that, as my answer to #3 said. You then encode to whatever you want, which partly answers question #4.Ĥ. FLAC or WAV work fine, but starting with a lossless source matters, and picking a strong source matters.ģ. There's a whole lot of learning which has to be done to get to that point.Ģ. ![]() The goal would be to make everything free to start to finish, but it's not there yet. There are no outside VSTs used within SPEC, as its all in-house developed, so there's nothing within SPEC itself that will cost you anything. I believe the "your first conversion" guide on SBU has you encoding to ac3 as a free workaround. The only two programs for which there is no free alternative are Plogue and whatever your DTS or MLP encoder of choice is. I have it set so that I can monitor the audio:ġ. Here's a look at my messy desktop with the software laid out. You can get the Plogue Bidule as a demo that runs for 45 days, but it only costs $75, so it's a no brainer to buy. It looks and feels complicated, but they have very detailed instructions on how to use everything over there, so even an old guy like me figured it out. I just know that it works and works well. All 3 tunes generated excellent surround mixes through the SPEC 4.0 processing.Īt this point, I have no idea what I've done, or how I did it. I tried "Dream On" and "Dude Looks Like A Lady" from an Aerosmith folder I had, and also Paul Simon's "Stranded in a Limousine". I had some stereo wav's on my PC, so I used those. So far, I have everything at default, and the results are very impressive. Of course, I tried it in the past using the SQ or QS script in audition, as well as using the MATRIX mode in old quad receivers, mostly to put a stereo only track into a quad compilation where there were one or two tracks that never were released in surround.Īnyway, by using the tools that the SurroundByUS group has put together, in only an hour or so I was hearing stereo tunes played back on my PC in what I have to say was very impressive surround!! I've never been a huge fan of upmixing, generally preferring a "real" surround mix and not giving much thought to taking a stereo recording and forcing it to be quad or 5.1. I spent some time over at today, and tried the software that they recommend and that some of them have created, and wow, was I impressed. ![]()
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