SOUNDCODE
FOR DOLBY
DIGITAL 2

The SoundCode For Dolby Digital plug-in suite provides mastering-quality workflow tools that enable you to preview, encode, and decode Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio directly within Pro Tools software, without the need for dedicated Dolby hardware.

Whether you are mixing in surround for television, delivering surround audio for DVD video, decoding audio from a DVD video within Pro Tools, or creating a DVD reference disk, SoundCode provides a range of powerful features to help you accomplish your goals, all within the industry-standard Pro Tools environment.

SoundCode For Dolby Digital 2 Preview Video

New In Version 2
SoundCode For Dolby Digital 2 provides a new AAX Native plug-in called Dolby Digital Preview. Just place it on your 5.1 mix bus and you can hear exactly what a consumer hears from a set-top box, streaming media player, DVD, or Blu-ray system.

It provides AC3 metadata authoring, adjustable AC3 decoding features, and real-time DRC metering that shows you exactly what the dynamic range processing is doing, for truely professional AC3 monitoring.

Dobly Digital Encode

The encoder is implemented as an AudioSuite plug-in. Open the plug-in window by selecting it from the AudioSuite menu in Pro Tools. The plug-in is located in the Sound Field category.

The user interface is divided into two sections. The ENCODE section controls the metadata and preprocessing settings used by the encoder. These settings can be saved as presets using the Pro Tools plug-in preset features. The OUTPUT section controls how and where the encoded data will be written.

These control settings cannot be saved as presets. Instead, these control settings are persistent and are saved in a preferences file that is read when the plug-in window is opened. When the window is closed, the current settings are saved to the preferences file.

The preferences file is associated with the currently logged in user of the computer. Each user account has a separate preferences file.

SoundCode for Dolby Digital 2 Decode

The decoder plug-in operates as a real time AAX Native 32/64 plug-in or as a non-real time AudioSuite plugin. The plug-in types are located in the Sound Field category of Pro Tools lists of plug-ins.

Open the AudioSuite plug-in window by selecting it from the AudioSuite menu in Pro Tools and includes these real time types: stereo to-mono, stereo-to stereo, and stereo-to-5.1. Open them by clicking a Pro Tools channel insert and navigating the multchannel popup menu.

Open them by clicking a Pro Tools channel insert and navigating the plug-in multchannel popup menu. The plug-in is not available in the multi-mono list.

SoundCode For Dolby Digital 2 – Specs and Features

SoundCode For Dolby Digital 2

Dolby Digital Preview

• Realtime preview monitoring a 5.1 encoded/decoded mix
• Reproduces the consumer set-top box / home theater / streaming / disc experience
• Adjustable AC3 metadata and AC3 decoding features
• Realtime metering shows exactly what the dynamic range processing is doing
• AAX Native 32/64 plug-in

Dolby Digital Encode

• Fast – Faster-than-real-time AudioSuite encoding
• Punch In/Out – Save time when re-encoding with Punch In/Out
• Timecode – Outputs timecode file formats at all frame rates
• BSI Extensions – Surround EX flag lets you work with Dolby Surround EX encoded audio
• Pro Tools LE/M-Powered: Use Pro Tools LE/M-Powered to implement low-cost encoding workstations
• Latency Compensation: Surround phase shift latency compensation for sample accurate sync
• Integrated Help: Forgot what dialnorm is? Click on the text label beneath the control and a text box pops up with information