Adobe 22011292 User Guide - Page 355

ADOBE AUDITION 341 User Guide • 5 - "BossaNovaBed _Ls.wav" (Left surround channel file) • 6 - "BossaNovaBed _Rs.wav" (Right surround channel file) • For the Interleaved 6-channel Wave Export format, one file will be rendered and saved as "BossaNovaBed.wav". • For the WMA 6-channel Export format, the file will be encoded in the WMA format and saved as "BossaNovaBed.wma". Save In This field lists the currently designated directory where the Export files are to be saved. To select a different directory, you can either type in an existing directory path, or click on the button to the right of this field and browse to the destination of your choice. Export Formats Here you select the desired Export format. Below is a detailed description of each: • Export as six mono wav files: If you want to export to a format that can then be utilized by another audio software, or by a software or hardware surround encoder, such as to encode your project as Dolby Digital or DTS, then the best option is to Export the project either as one interleaved 6-channel WAV file, or as 6-mono WAV files. The six mono wav files option will create standard Windows PCM .wav mono files that typically can be used by any Windows audio application. • Export as one interleaved 6-channel wav file: The Windows PCM .wav format spec also allows for a single file to contain multiple channels of audio, however, not all Windows audio applications are capable opening or playing back wav files that are not mono or stereo. This interleaved 6-channel wav file type is commonly used by many hardware and software encoding systems. Choosing this option will save the multichannel session as one 6-channel file following the Microsoft "Wave Format Extensible" (which is also the SMPTE & ITU specification) channel order, which is defined as: • 1 - Front Left • 2 - Front Right • 3 - Center • 4 - LFE • 5 - Left surround (Rear Left) • 6 - Right surround (Rear Right) This channel order is also the typical one utilized as the desired input for Dolby Digital encoders. However, if you are planning on preparing your project for a third party or specific encoding process, it is recommended that you ask the recipient exactly which format they require since channel order requirements can differ for different encoding systems. If a different channel order is required, then use the Export to 6 Mono WAV files when you export. • Encode as WMA 6-Channel: Multichannel WMA files are capable of being played back by anyone that has installed the Windows Media Player version 9 or later, assuming of course they also have a multichannel output sound card and 5.1 speaker setup. Media Player 9 also requires that the user is running Windows XP as their operating system. If the end user has the Windows Media 9 player on any other Windows version, then the multichannel file will automatically be "folded-down" to play as a stereo file. For more information on the Windows Media 9 technologies, please visit the Microsoft Windows Media website at: http://www.windowsmedia.com