(Due to an unexpected turn that deserves its own thread someday) I did a clean install of Win10 on my music pc, which meant that I had to reinstall everything as my backup was from from a RAID set and I wanted to go back to AHCI. Like I said, long story. Anyway, in doing so I decided to upgrade my Sound Forge to the latest version along with all of the reinstalls of everything else. Once I was done I wanted to see if Penteo would work with the new Sound Forge. So, I tried it, and it worked, but it's really convoluted compared to the integration with Reaper. For $60, just get Reaper.
Anyway, here's how it works. Of course, I may be doing it wrong, but this is my finding.
FIRST: You have to take your stereo file and paste it into a 6 Channel wav file, putting the stereo channels in the fronts.
STEP 2: Open the FX drop down and select Penteo 16:
STEP 3: Run the plugin. The progress bar at the bottom of the screen will fill as it runs. It's pretty quick.
STEP 4: Now I ended up with a 4.1 file in a 6 Channel wav file, but the channels were in strange places.
The Fronts were in 1 and 2, the rears in 3 and 4, the LFE was in 5, and channel 6 was empty as the placeholder for the not used in 4.1 center channel
So, it works, but not well. Just thought I'd share this info with y'all!
Anyway, here's how it works. Of course, I may be doing it wrong, but this is my finding.
FIRST: You have to take your stereo file and paste it into a 6 Channel wav file, putting the stereo channels in the fronts.
STEP 2: Open the FX drop down and select Penteo 16:
STEP 3: Run the plugin. The progress bar at the bottom of the screen will fill as it runs. It's pretty quick.
STEP 4: Now I ended up with a 4.1 file in a 6 Channel wav file, but the channels were in strange places.
The Fronts were in 1 and 2, the rears in 3 and 4, the LFE was in 5, and channel 6 was empty as the placeholder for the not used in 4.1 center channel
So, it works, but not well. Just thought I'd share this info with y'all!