bosonHavoc wrote:i couldn't drop this hehe
so i think i was successful in making a rack using phase cancellation to create the fades.
and you only have to turn one knob to pan around the 8 speakers
i only have stereo set up but it worked and then i set it up for 8 speakers.
the download link is on this page
http://luxdivon.com/ableton.html
i put some limiters in also protect the speakers.
try it out and let me know how it works and what could be improved on.
Good thinking with the phase cancellation! However, I think I have found a better way to work it out.
The advantage of my setup, is that I do not use any 'external audio effects', but instead gather the audio in 8 return tracks sending their audio outputs to the different speakers. I think this gives a better control of your output volume, because it gives you a master volume control for each speaker.
I will try to explain my setup:
1) create a new audio track
2) set the output of the track to 'sends only'
3) create 8 return tracks, and set their outputs to ext. out 1-8
4) insert an 'audio effect rack' in the audio track.
5) create 8 empty chains in the audio effect rack. Name them 'Chain 1-8'
6) press 'show chain select editor'out
7) move the zones 8 zones so they are evenly spread
8 ) use the 'face ranges' to create cross fades between the chains (like in the picture)
9) Now click the 'Macro control map mode' button.
10) Click on the 'chain select ruler' (above the chain zones), and map it to the first macro control
11) Click the Macro control map mode button to leave map mode
12) Now create 8 audio tracks
13) Set monitoring to 'in' on all of the tracks (this is easily done by marking all of the tracks, and changing the monitoring setting on one of them)
14) Change 'input type' to '1-audio' on all of the 8 tracks (again, mark all the tracks)
15) now select 'Audio Effect Rack l Chain 1 l Post Mixer' as the 'input channel of the first of our 8 tracks.
16) Choose 'Audio Effect Rack l Chain 1 l Post Mixer' as the 'input channel of the second of our 8 tracks, and repeat the procedure for all the 8 tracks.
17) On the first of the 8 tracks, drag up the 'send A knob' on the second track drag up 'send to B knob' etc...
18) Now group the 8 "in tracks", and set the output type of the group to 'sends only'
19) Finally, click the MIDI Map mode switch, and map a knob or fader on your MIDI controller to the first macro control of the Audio Effect.
You should now be able to move the audio between the eight speakers with one knob with cross fades between the speakers.
Once you have done this, you can save the preset for Audio Effect Rack, and it should be easy to create several tracks with the "surround effect".
Feel free to asks questions if you do not understand me
NB: In my setup there's only 7 outputs, don't be confused.
If I had more than a stereo pair it would be cool to check it out. Someone once did a surround setup in a NY club I frequented while working there, and it was a bit freaky when the whole room seemed to spin around inside your head, kinda disorientating actually when the whole place was peaking and lights were flashing...