Working with Dolby 5.1 channels

Dilligas · Post by **Dilligas** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:43 pm

I have a Sony camcorder (HDR-SR5) with a wireless bluetooth microphone attachment (ECM-HW1) recording in AVCHD and 5.1 audio. The documentation states that the wireless microphone audio is recorded as the center channel while the built-in camera microphone picks up the other channels. What I am wanting to do is be able to adjust volume levels from the wireless microphone vs. the other channels during the video (mute one while the other plays and vice versa intermittently over the course of the project). I am working with VideoStudio 11 Plus, and haven't been able to find if/where the ability to mix incoming existing 5.1 tracks is available. Is there a straightforward way to do this? Can I extract just the center channel to the voiceover track and leave the stripped 4.1 (5.1 minus the center channel for lack of a better description) audio in the music track? I've been beating my head against the wall on trying to figure this out on my own with no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

luis_c274 · Post by **luis_c274** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:00 pm

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Dilligas · Post by **Dilligas** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:54 pm

Thanks for the reply, but the link that you provided shows how to create 5.1 from mono/stereo sources. I have a camcorder that records directly to 5.1 and I want to isolate and separate the channels in order to mix them better. I don't care if the output is 5.1, stereo, or even mono, but I do want to be able to remix the default soundtrack.

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:10 pm

Dilligas wrote:Thanks for the reply, but the link that you provided shows how to create 5.1 from mono/stereo sources. I have a camcorder that records directly to 5.1 and I want to isolate and separate the channels in order to mix them better. I don't care if the output is 5.1, stereo, or even mono, but I do want to be able to remix the default soundtrack.

Well I think you will find that the mic that's focused on the centre would have also picked up other noises if both mics were turned on and more or less pointing in the same direction.

I imagine to record true 5.1 you would need 6 mics.

VS11+ is not meant as a sound editor. It's capabilities are limited in this area.

I'm not sure if the free program Audacity can do it either but you can find out here... http://audacity.sourceforge.net/