Adding 5.1 surround to my studio without buying a home theater system

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Adding 5.1 surround to my studio without buying a home theater system

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Күн бұрын

I wanted to listen to an album mixed in 5.1. I have a small recording studio but I’ve never invested in a home theater system. In this video I share what I learned about adding 5.1 with minimal purchases of new gear. I also show how this looks in Cubase; the same principle applies in many other DAWs.
This simple addition to my studio turned out better than I expected.
Links:
5.1 decoder: www.amazon.com...
Blu-ray player with digital audio out: www.bestbuy.co...
Active subwoofer www.bestbuy.co...

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@ronfrancois 2 жыл бұрын

So glad you got that Yamaha centre speaker at the end. The centre speaker is crucial for the clarity of dialogue.

@cowtanked Жыл бұрын

Thank you! this video was amazing. Someone who knows what they are talking about and straight giving the info that is needed while still being entertaining. like the videos too, will be buying one of these and setting it up to level up my music listening experience. Subscribed :)

@em0jr 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! There really isn't a lot of example solutions for a home based 5.1 music studio set-up on YT. I actually want to add another layer by using a monitor controller so I can mute/solo the channels.

@Leo.Brodie 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm using Cubase/Nuendo, running the six channels as separate inputs and outputs on my audio interface. Cubase has a built-in plugin that allows muting/soloing the indivual channels.

@noimdirtydag9510 Жыл бұрын

Use a power distribution with switching?!

@MarcoPolux Жыл бұрын

So this is where the cool Balladeer Studio KZfaq Series began. 👍

@juanfranciscosegovia-artef7607 10 ай бұрын

Hi, Leo. I didn’t understand if you actually needed the decoder for using your audio interface or if you can just use a 6 output channels interface instead with your DAW. By the way, this is the best video I found about this issue. Thank you!

@pablix809 6 ай бұрын

Organic, thanks a lot

@BruceWalkerPhotography Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this little walk-through. Very useful tips here! I bought one of those $50 no-name 5.1 decoders back in 2020 from Amazon and I was unable to get clean sound out of it. I used the fiber link from my projector to the fiber input on the decoder and I got bizarre high frequency aliasing and buzzing out of all the RCA outs. I couldn't hear any surround effects either, despite playing a few different modern DVDs through my Blu-Ray. I assumed that these 5.1 gadgets are probably all junk based on that lousy result, but it sounds like maybe I simply received a broken one. (My next experiment I'm about to try is to switch in a low cost 5.2 AV receiver. Sadly it assumes passive speakers so I have to sideline my active monitors while I test this.)

@Leo.Brodie Жыл бұрын

Good luck! I hope it works better.

@BruceWalkerPhotography Жыл бұрын

@Infinite Shoeblack thanks for the suggestions. Yeah, what decoding -- if any -- my projector is doing is an unknown to me because the documentation is sketchy on that. I picked up an entry level Denon AVR and that's working well for me, though of course it's a heck of a lot bulkier and pricier. But the Denon can also do reasonable pseudo-surround with stereo music and two-channel sources (like KZfaq) so it fits into my living room use better than the little 5.1 decoder would have done.

@kamal3272 Жыл бұрын

Superb

@MarcoVialeBakmaind 2 жыл бұрын

I bought an "audio rush" decoder like yours in the video. Mine has an annoying floor noise, something like white noise. I use it to watch Netflix in 5.1 in my studio. The audio comes out of the TV's multichannel SPDIF. I did not understand if it is the TV that has the background noise or if it is the decoder. Does yours make no noise?

@jitesh5779 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Sir for making this video, i was thinking about my studio monitors JBL lsr305 use as 5.1 surround system so i search videos on KZfaq regarding this to find out is that possible to do & i found your video.

@andynonimuss6298 2 жыл бұрын

Wish you had shown a complete picture of the cable connections of the HD Rush box to your audio interface. From the little HD box did you use RCA to XLR cables into the audio interface?

@balladeerstudio 2 жыл бұрын

For each pair of channels, I used a stereo cable with a pair of RCA jacks on one end and a 1/4" plug on the other end. The 1/4" jacks plug directly into the combination XLR ‑ 1/4‑inch inputs on the UR824. Glad you found the rest of the explanation useful.

@muffemod 2 жыл бұрын

DAC baby!

@bhavinjoshi5771 2 жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

@chinnamangu 2 күн бұрын

I have beringer audio interface with 2 sound output left and right, Will it converts 2 to 5.1 if i get the sound decoder

@Leo.Brodie 2 күн бұрын

No, the decoder decodes the signal to 5.1. You can send those six channels directly to speakers, but if you want to bring them into a computer you need at least six input channels on your interface.

@rahliE777 Жыл бұрын

GREAT video! I’m new to audio/studio setups and am trying to do something similar myself.. My junk desktop speakers took a dump on me, I’m currently upgrading my game room/Pc gaming setup/daughters mini dance studio so I wanted to upgrade the whole audio setup.. I purchased 2 Kali LP6v2 monitors, and I want to add 2 desktop speakers and a subwoofer and it’s crazy to me that after searching for so long I’m just now finding a video with a setup similar to what I want to do.. Question- what audio interface are you using? I’ve been searching for something that has several outputs but not as many inputs (I’m not a musician, I just want a nice system for listening to music using powered speakers so I don’t need anymore than 1 input for maybe a mic for chatting), it’s always “reversed” from what I’ve seen as the bigger they get, the more inputs they’re are but still only a few outputs and nothing for a sub

@Leo.Brodie Жыл бұрын

At the time I was a Steinberg UR824 interface with 8 outputs.

@mbuyukkaya 5 күн бұрын

Is it true, ? This devices decode DTS natively, but for Dolby only virtual.

@balladeerstudio 5 күн бұрын

Sorry, I don't know.

@conflictortiz8906 2 жыл бұрын

Wish you showed us how you connected it to your interface

@balladeerstudio 2 жыл бұрын

I had three stereo pair cables with RCAs on one end and 1/4" plugs on the other. The six RCAs went into the decoder, the 1/4" jacks went into six inputs on my audio interface.

@navalagarwal01 Жыл бұрын

Hi, can I use this box to convert my old stereo amplifier into 5.1 surround? Will it work if I connect my stereo amplifier's line out to the aux (headphone) line in on this box, and connect my 5.1 passive speakers to this box?

@balladeerstudio Жыл бұрын

The decoder produces six line level outputs. You either need six powered speakers, or six amplifier channels with passive speakers, or a combination. There is no headphone line on the decoder. You could use a stereo amplifier with two passive speakers for two of the six channels, but you still need the other four.

@JAFOpty 2 жыл бұрын

hi! is that interface able to decode all major formats (ie DD, True HD, DTS, DTS MA)? thanks

@balladeerstudio 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think so. Here's the information: www.amazon.com/dp/B07X94PF4D?psc=1

@artesanomusic1281 2 жыл бұрын

Good day teacher, I follow your tutorials, they are interesting, I ask you a question, what model is the interface that connects to your computer, must it have an optical output for the 7.1.4 sound to work? thank you

@balladeerstudio 2 жыл бұрын

The only requirement for 5.1 is that you have at least six channels of output. It can be from any combination of devices. I happen to use an 8-in/8-out interface that uses optical to connect another device that adds 8 more inputs and 8 more outputs. That's because I'm doing Atmos in 7.1.4.

@anthonyraker2980 9 ай бұрын

Can you briefly explain how or what you use to get the height channels working on a pc