Mr.NilssonProductionHouse
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As of recent, i’ve been looking for ways to mix quad into stereo (since i only have a stereo setup) is there a specific way to mix it down in audacity?
Make channels 1 and two a stereo track, and channels 3 and 4 a stereo track, ctrl+a (to select all) and select "mix to new track" or something like that.As of recent, i’ve been looking for ways to mix quad into stereo (since i only have a stereo setup) is there a specific way to mix it down in audacity?
As of recent, i’ve been looking for ways to mix quad into stereo (since i only have a stereo setup) is there a specific way to mix it down in audacity?
But if you still need to do it, I've found you can easily do it through Foobar.Most of the quad albums I know of have a dedicated stereo mix as well.
Quad is Stereo compatible, whether matrix or discreet.
Foobar will lower the rears by 3dB when folding down to stereo, I've found.But if you still need to do it, I've found you can easily do it through Foobar.
Encode with QS. It can be used anywhere.
We usually refer to that as RM, although technically RM is a term that includes QS and other similar systems. The advantage of QS is that everything is mixed together in phase. Pans to intermediate positions will not disappear as they can with other matrix systems.The Scheiber matrix system is very similar to Sansui QS but without the 90 degree phase shifts, it might be easier to create a Scheiber encode in software since it only uses phase reversals (probably can be somewhat decoded with a QS decoder and a Dolby Pro-Logic 2 music decoder, among others).
Kirk Bayne
Most of the quad albums I know of have a dedicated stereo mix as well.
There are those rare cases where a quad mix differs significantly in actual content, from simple things like level differences to the use of a completely different take or recording, such that there is no existing stereo equivalent. In those cases, I think a non-matrixed stereo downmix could be useful. Some have even been released officially from the '90s onward.I'm not sure why you want to do this. As Fizzy said most mixes come with a stereo version.
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