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Deck 3.5 Addendum

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Table of Contents

Contents

Chapter 1: Introducing Deck 3

What’s New in Deck 3.5? ....................................................................................................................................................... 3

Minimum System Requirements for OS 8.6–9.2 ................................................................................................................. 3

Minimum System Requirements for OS X.1 ........................................................................................................................ 3

Maximizing Deck’s Performance .......................................................................................................................................... 4

Differences between Deck 3.5 on OS 8.6–9.2 and OS X.1 ................................................................................................. 4

Premiere Plug-Ins ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

VST Plug-Ins .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

ASIO .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

CoreAudio ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

Graphical User Interface .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5

About This Guide .................................................................................................................................................................. 5

About Deck LE 3.5 ................................................................................................................................................................. 5

Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring Deck 9

Installing Deck ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Authorization ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Making Audio Connections .................................................................................................................................................. 10

PCI and PCMCIA Audio Cards, and USB and Firewire Audio Interfaces .............................................................................................. 11

Apple Sound manager ........................................................................................................................................................... 11

Configuring the Apple Sound Manager .................................................................................................................................................. 11

ASIO ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12

Configuring Deck for ASIO ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12

Installing the ASIO Driver ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12

CoreAudio .............................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Configuring Deck for CoreAudio ............................................................................................................................................................ 12

Hardware Configuration ....................................................................................................................................................... 13

Audio Card ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13

Clock Source ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 13

Play audio while in background .............................................................................................................................................................. 14

Record monitoring ................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

Hardware Options ................................................................................................................................................................. 14

Configuring Deck and Setting Maximum Playback Tracks ................................................................................................. 15

Using dedicated audio drives .................................................................................................................................................................. 15

Chapter 3: What’s New in Deck 3.5? 19

5.1 Surround Mixing .............................................................................................................................................................. 19

Creating a 5.1 Surround Session ............................................................................................................................................................. 19

Monitoring 5.1 Surround ......................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Surround Panning .................................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Configuring a Track’s Surround Panner ................................................................................................................................................. 21

Mixing a 5.1 Session To Disk ................................................................................................................................................................... 22

Importing OMF Files ............................................................................................................................................................. 22

Example Workflow ................................................................................................................................................................................... 22

Fader Linking ......................................................................................................................................................................... 23

CoreMIDI ............................................................................................................................................................................... 23

Chapter 1

Introducing Deck

Deck 3.5 Addendum

Introducing Deck

Chapter 1:

Introducing Deck

What’s New in Deck 3.5?

Version 3.5 of Deck includes the following new

features:

•Mac OS X.1 support

•Support for Apple's new CoreAudio framework

under OS X

•Support for Apple's new CoreMIDI framework

under OS X

•New “Aqua” Graphic User Interface (GUI)

•5.1 Surround Mixing

•Import OMF

•Linking Faders

•Bundled with BIAS Freq™ VST Plug-In (carbon-

ized), a 4-band parametric EQ

Minimum System Requirements for

OS 8.6–9.2

•Any PowerPC-equipped, G3, or G4 Macintosh,

including PowerBooks (266 MHz or faster

processor recommended)

•64 MB of RAM

•Sound Manager version 3.4 or later

•Macintosh System Software 8.6 or later

•CarbonLib 1.4 or later

•QuickTime version 4 or later

•QuickTime PowerPlug™ installed in the Exten-

sions folder

•Built-in 16-bit Macintosh sound, or supported

Sound Manager-compatible audio hardware or

ASIO-compatible audio hardware

•OMS-compatible hardware required for frame-

accurate sync to external SMPTE/EBU timecode

•OMS 2.3.8 required for synchronizing Deck to

OMS-compatible MIDI sequencers & playback of

MIDI tracks

•Hard drive(s) running at 7,200 rpm or faster, UW-

SCSI or FireWire recommended

•A 13-inch or larger monitor (color is recom-

mended)

Macintosh PowerPC Nubus computers are not

supported by Deck 3.5..

Minimum System Requirements for

OS X.1

•Any G3 or G4 Macintosh or PowerBook, including

iMac and iBook (266 MHz or faster processor

recommended)

•Mac OS X.1

•128 MB RAM

•Hard drive(s) running at 7,200 rpm or faster, UW-

SCSI or FireWire recommended

•Color Monitor, minimum 640x480 resolution

•CoreAudio support for third-party hardware may

require drivers from hardware manufacturer

•CoreMIDI compatible hardware required for

Frame-accurate sync to external SMPTE/EBU

timecode

Deck 3.5 Addendum

Audio Playback and Recording

Requirements

The Deck application runs in native mode on

PowerPC, G3, and G4 Macintosh computers. On Mac

OS X.1, Deck supports CoreAudio compatible sound

cards using the Deck CoreAudio plug-in. On Mac OS

8.6–9.2, Deck supports ASIO 1.0 compatible sound

cards using the Deck ASIO plug-in.

To record and play back tracks you will also need the

following:

•To record, a line-level sound source (mixing

board, electronic instrument, CD player,

turntable, cassette player, audio DAT machine,

microphone, etc.).

•To play back, use the built-in speaker on your

Macintosh, headphones, a stereo amplifier and

speakers, or powered speakers.

•A mixer or ASIO hardware with an onboard mixer

(e.g., Tascam US-428) is strongly recommended.

Maximizing Deck’s Performance

To get the best performance out of Deck and your

Macintosh, observe the following.

To maximize Deck’s performance on Mac OS 8.6–9.2:

•Use a minimal number of System Extensions.

Extensions can slow down your Macintosh by

using precious processor cycles. In particular,

disable third party extensions that you do not

require while running Deck. To set up a dedicated

set of extensions for Deck, duplicate your Mac OS

Base extensions set in the extensions manager

and rename it (something like audio_set), restart

your computer with this extensions set and install

Deck, enable the additional extensions required

for Deck (e.g., OMS, drivers for your audio

hardware, etc.), and, restart your computer with

this updated extensions set.

•Turn File Sharing off, unless you need it.

•Unmount network volumes while running Deck

because the Finder can cause slowdowns as it

polls network volumes in the background.

•Allocate additional RAM to Deck if possible, using

the Finder’s Get Info command. (Select the Deck

application in the Finder, choose Get Info from

the Finder’s File menu, and enter the desired

RAM allocation in the Preferred Size field. Make

sure you allocate more RAM than the amount

indicated in the Minimum Size field!).

•Optimize your hard drive.

Differences between Deck 3.5 on

OS 8.6–9.2 and OS X.1

The carbonized version of Deck 3.5 will run on both

Mac OS X.1 and older Mac OS 8.6–9.2. There are some

differences in features because of the differences in

capabilities of the newer operating system and the

older operating system. These differences are

described below.

Premiere Plug-Ins

Deck 3.5 supports Premiere format plug-ins when

used under OS 8.6–9.2, but Premiere format plug-ins

are not supported under OS X.1.

VST Plug-Ins

Deck 3.5 requires VST plug-ins to be carbonized if they

are to be used on OS X.1. Deck 3.5 can access both

carbonized and non-carbonized VST plug-ins when

used under OS 8.6–9.2. Contact your plug-in

manufacturer for availability of carbonized versions of

their plug-ins.

Introducing Deck

ASIO

Deck 3.5 allows you to use ASIO 1.0 drivers to record

and playback audio under OS 8.6–9.2.

CoreAudio

Deck 3.5 allows you to use CoreAudio for playback and

recording under OS X.1. CoreAudio has numerous

advantages, including low latency, shared drivers

across applications, and support for high bit-depths

and sample rates.

Graphical User Interface

The Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Deck 3.5 looks

slightly different when used on OS X.1 vs. OS 8.6–9.2.

The OS X.1 GUI incorporates new OS X large

application icons, and more of an aqua look and feel

across the GUI.

About This Guide

The What’s New In Deck 3.5 guide is an addendum to

the Deck 3.0 User’s Guide. Use the What’s New In

Deck 3.5 to learn about system requirements,

installation and authorization procedures, and new

features in Deck 3.5.

Deck is designed to be simple and intuitive. Your Deck

3.0 User’s Guide and this What’s New In Deck 3.5

guide are designed to help you set up and use Deck

for digital recording and editing as quickly and easily

as possible.

This User’s Guide assumes that you are familiar with

standard Macintosh operating techniques, including:

•Setting up, starting, and using your Macintosh

•Choosing commands from menus

•Double-clicking, selecting, Shift-selecting, and

dragging with the mouse

•Opening, copying, saving and deleting files

•Opening, closing, scrolling, moving, re-sizing, and

selecting Macintosh windows

If you don’t know how to perform these tasks, please

refer to your Macintosh User’s Guide and spend a little

time learning about your Macintosh before going any

further. This will make using Deck much easier and

more enjoyable.

Look for important tips and notes whenever

you see this exclamation mark.

Conventions

The Deck User’s Guide uses the following conventions

to indicate menu choices and key commands:

Convention Action

File > Save Choose Save from the

File menu.

Command-S Hold down the Command

key and press the S key.

Option-click Hold down the Option key

and click with the mouse.

About Deck LE 3.5

If you are using the limited edition of Deck, not all

features will be available. Specifically, the following

features are not available in Deck LE 3.5:

•No more than 12 playback tracks

•Virtual Tracks

•Surround panning

•OMF Import

•Automated level and pan mixing with high-

resolution moving faders

•Automation Envelopes

•Real-time DSP Effects

•Adobe Premiere Plug-In support

Deck 3.5 Addendum

•VST Plug-Ins

•QuickTime movie support

•MIDI Time Code Synchronization and SMPTE/

EBU support

Chapter 2

Installing and Configuring Deck

Deck 3.5 Addendum

Installing and Configuring Deck

Chapter 2:

Installing and

Configuring Deck

Deck offers powerful high-end synchronization,

editing, mixing, and audio processing functions.

However, before you can begin using Deck, you need

to install and configure your Deck software, and

configure your computer and audio hardware. The

hardware consists of the built-in 16-bit stereo sound

hardware of your Macintosh, or a PCI or PCMCIA audio

card, or a USB or Firewire audio interface. You will

also be using some combination of mixer, amplifier,

and speakers to get audio in and out of your

Macintosh.

Installing Deck

Deck’s auto-installer software makes installation very

easy.

Your complete Deck system consists of:

•CD-ROM Installer

•Deck serial number and Product Authorization

Code (PAC)

Before you install Deck, please check the

Minimum System Requirements on Page 3 of

this Users Guide.

To install Deck:

1. If you are using any virus-protection software,

turn it off or temporarily remove it, and restart

your Macintosh.

2. Insert the Deck Install CD-ROM in your CD-ROM

drive, open the Product Installers folder, and

double-click the Install Deck icon.

3. When the Installer dialog appears, read the Read

Me for late-breaking information concerning the

Installer, then click Continue to proceed.

4. Select where you would like to install Deck, using

the Switch Disk pop-up menu.

5. Click Install at the bottom right of this dialog.

6. After you have clicked Install, follow the on-screen

instructions. Deck will be installed into a folder

named Deck 3.5 in the Applications folder on

your selected hard disk.

7. At the end of the installation, the installer will

allow you to register Deck electronically, which

you may find more convenient than mailing your

registration card.

8. When the installation is complete, a message will

appear indicating that the installation was

successful. Click Quit to quit the Installer, or click

Continue to install additional copies (don't forget

to turn back on any virus-protection software that

you may be using the next time you restart the

computer).

If you don't register Deck, it will expire, you

will not be eligible for technical support, and

you won't be notified about updates, upgrades

and other important news from BIAS!

Authorization

Deck must be authorized to work on your Macintosh.

To authorize Deck, you will need your Product

Authorization Code (PAC) in addition to the serial

number that appears on your Deck Owner’s Certifi-

cate. BIAS will provide you with your Product

Authorization Code when you register Deck.

You must register Deck in order to obtain your

Product Authorization Code; Deck will not

launch after the 14 day registration period

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unless you authorize Deck with your Name,

Organization, Serial Number, and Product

Authorization Code!

When you first launch Deck, it will prompt you to

authorize it by entering your Name, Organization,

Serial number, and Product Authorization Code.

If you have not yet received you PAC, Deck will run

fully functional in Registration Mode for 14 days. This

allows ample time to register Deck and get the

Product Authorization Code from BIAS. To run Deck

in Registration Mode, click the “Still waiting for

Product Authorization Code” button. If you have

registered Deck with BIAS, and have received your

PAC, enter your Name, Organization, Serial #, and

Product Authorization Code, and click the “Authorize”

button or press the Return key. Your copy of Deck 3.5

will now be authorized.

Making Audio Connections

Deck supports most Apple CoreAudio (OS X.1), and

Sound Manager or ASIO (OS 8.6–9.2) compatible

audio hardware (including the Macintosh Built-in

sound). Deck also directly supports the Tascam US-

428 USB audio interface (via ASIO) under OS 8.6–9.2.

Follow the manufacturers installation instructions for

your specific audio card/interface.

It is easy to set up audio connections between your

Macintosh and a mixer or speaker system. Your exact

setup will differ slightly depending on whether you are

using the built-in sound input and output connectors

on your Macintosh, or those of third-party audio

hardware. Instructions for each case are given below.

Using the Macintosh’s Built-in Inputs and

Outputs

If you wish to use your Macintosh’s built-in audio

inputs and outputs for recording and playback, do the

following:

1. Turn down the volume on your playback system.

Deck can be used with a variety of playback

systems, including:

• a stereo receiver or amplifier and speakers

• a mixer, amplifier, and a pair of speakers

• a mixer and a pair of amplified (self-powered)

speakers

• or simply a pair of amplified (self-powered)

speakers, smaller versions of which are often

called “multimedia” speakers.

2. Connect your audio source output to the

Macintosh's audio input connector.

Your audio source can be one of a variety of

devices, such as:

•a cassette, CD, DAT, or mini-disc output

•a mixer output, bus send, or aux send

•a stereo receiver line output (such as “tape deck

record” output)

•an instrument line output (such as the output of a

synthesizer).

The audio input jacks on most Macintosh computers

are a standard mini-plug (1/8-inch) connector. Most

source outputs are either 1/4-inch or RCA connectors.

To make this connection, you may need to use an 1/4-

inch to mini-plug or RCA to mini-plug cable or adapter.

For advanced users: Certain professional

mixing consoles, DAT decks, or other audio

sources may have a nominal output level of

+4 dBu, whereas the Macintosh expects to see

a nominal -10 dBu level. Be aware that you

may need to adjust your mixers output levels

Installing and Configuring Deck

accordingly to prevent overloading the

Macintosh’s input; or alternately, you may

need to use a “+4 to -10” line-matching

transformer.

3. Connect your Macintosh’s audio output to your

playback system’s input. The Macintosh’s audio

output jack is a standard stereo mini-plug (1/8-

inch) connector. Most mixer, receiver, and

amplified speaker inputs are equipped with 1/4-

inch, RCA, or mini-plug jacks. To make this

connection, you may need to use a mini-plug to 1/

4-inch or mini-plug to RCA cable or adapter.

4. Raise the volume on your mixer or playback

system. Your system should now be properly

configured and ready for recording and playback.

PCI and PCMCIA Audio Cards, and USB and

Firewire Audio Interfaces

If you have a CoreAudio (OS X.1), or Sound Manager

or ASIO (OS 8.6–9.2) compatible audio hardware

installed in your computer and wish to use its input

and output capabilities instead of your Macintosh’s

built-in capabilities, do the following:

1. Turn down the volume on your mixer or playback

system.

2. Make sure that you have installed the audio card

into one of the available PCI expansion slots

inside your Macintosh or a PCMCIA card slot in

your PowerBook, or connect your USB or Firewire

audio interface to an available USB or Firewire

port on your Macintosh. If you are not sure how

to do this, please refer to the manufacturer’s

instructions that came with your audio card or

interface.

3. Install the CoreAudio (OS X.1), or Sound Manager

and/or ASIO (OS 8.6–9.2) drivers for your audio

interface. Please refer to the manufacturer’s

installation instructions for your audio card on

how to do this.

To use the audio card’s or interface’s ASIO driver

with Deck, place the ASIO driver inside Deck’s

ASIO Drivers folder in the Deck folder.

4. Connect your mixer’s output to the audio

hardware’s input connectors.

5. Connect your audio hardware’s outputs to your

mixer’s (or playback system) input.

6. Raise the volume on your mixer or playback

system. Your system should now be properly

configured and ready for recording and playback.

A typical mixer/computer configuration is to

have the computer outputs go to channel

inputs on your mixer and to have the auxiliary

or bus sends from the mixer go to the inputs of

the computer. Instruments you want to record

you patch into other channel inputs on the

mixer and you can then route them to the

auxiliary or bus sends on the mixer to be

recorded by the computer. The mixer’s main

outputs go to the amplifier/speakers.

Apple Sound manager

Deck 3.5 supports Apple Sound Manager audio drivers

under OS 8.6–9.2 for recording and playback of audio

through your Apple Sound Manager-supported audio

hardware. Apple Sound Manager is a standard

technology for routing audio between sound cards and

software applications developed by Apple Computer.

Configuring the Apple Sound Manager

In order for Deck to use the Apple Sound Manager

with your audio hardware, you must make sure that

you have correctly installed the Apple Sound Manager

drivers for your audio hardware. Some third-party

audio hardware will also have its own control panel or

configuration utility software for use with the Apple

Sound Manager. Be sure to refer to the manufacturer’s

documentation.

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To use Deck with a third-party audio hardware using

Apple Sound Manager:

1. Install your audio hardware’s Apple Sound

Manager drivers according to the manufacturer’s

instructions.

2. Choose Sound Out in the Sound Control Panel.

3. Select audio card (Digigram’s VX Pocket is shown

in this example) as the sound output device.

The Apple Sound Control Panel

4. Choose Sound In in the Sound Control Panel.

5. Select audio card as the sound input device.

6. Close the Sound Control Panel when you have

finished.

ASIO

Deck 3.5 supports ASIO 1.x audio drivers under OS

8.6–9.2 for recording and playback of audio through

your ASIO-supported audio hardware. ASIO is a

standard technology for routing audio between sound

cards and software applications developed by

Steinberg Media Technologies AG. ASIO, unlike the

Apple Sound Manager, allows for more than two

channels of simultaneous audio.

Configuring Deck for ASIO

In order for Deck to use the ASIO driver for your

audio hardware, you must make sure that the Deck

ASIO Plug-in is located in the Deck Plug-Ins folder.

Installing the ASIO Driver

To install an ASIO driver for use with Deck, drag and

drop the ASIO driver for your ASIO-supported audio

card into the ASIO Drivers folder in Deck’s root folder.

Please note that the Deck application must reside in

the same folder (i.e., the Deck folder) as the ASIO

Drivers folder in order for Deck to be able to

recognize the ASIO driver.

Please note that Deck can only have one ASIO driver in

Deck’s ASIO Drivers folder. You can put multiple ASIO

drivers in the folder called ASIO Drivers (Unused), but

you will need to manually drag them in and out of

Deck’s ASIO driver folder if you wish switch ASIO

drivers.

Once you have installed the ASIO driver for your audio

card, launch the Deck application. Deck will load and

CoreAudio

Deck 3.5 supports CoreAudio audio drivers under

OS X.1 for recording and playback of audio through

your CoreAudio-supported audio hardware.

CoreAudio is a standard technology for routing audio

between sound cards and software applications

developed by Apple Computer. Unlike the Apple

Sound Manager, CoreAudio allows for more than two

channels of simultaneous audio.

Configuring Deck for CoreAudio

In order for Deck to use the CoreAudio driver for your

audio hardware, you must make sure that the Deck

CoreAudio Plug-in is located in the Deck Plug-Ins

folder.

Installing and Configuring Deck

Hardware Configuration

Once Deck is open, you will need to select and

configure your audio interface via the Hardware

Configuration dialog whether you are using the Apple

Sound Manager, ASIO, or CoreAudio.

Choose Hardware Configuration from the Options

menu in Deck to open the Hardware Configuration

dialog.

Audio Card

Select your audio card from the Audio Card pop-up

menu.

Apple Sound Manager

Select Sound Manager (OS 8.6–9.2 only) from the

Audio Card pop-up menu to use whatever is selected

for Sound In and Sound Out in the Apple Sound

Control Panel for Deck’s audio input and output .

ASIO

Select your audio hardware’s ASIO driver (OS 8.6–9.2

only) from the Audio Card pop-up menu to allow Deck

to access the full multichannel I/O capabilities of your

audio card using ASIO.

CoreAudio

Select your audio hardware’s CoreAudio driver

(OS X.1 only) from the Audio Card pop-up menu to

allow Deck to access the full multichannel I/O

capabilities of your audio card using CoreAudio.

Clock Source

It is important to note when recording digital audio

signals (e.g. SPDIF, ADAT optical, etc.) that the Clock

Source be set to the appropriate digital clock source.

Recording a digital signal with the clock source set to

an incorrect source will lead to “jitter” error, resulting

in clicks and pops in the recorded audio stream.

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Play audio while in background

The Play audio while in background check box enables

the ASIO or CoreAudio driver to operate in the

background while Deck is in the background. If you

are running more than one audio application using the

same ASIO driver (e.g., BIAS Peak), you will want to

disable Play audio while in background.

Record monitoring

If you want to monitor audio input in the digital

domain while you are recording, be sure to enable

Record monitoring in the Hardware Configuration

dialog.

To monitor recording in the digital domain:

1. Enable Record monitoring in the Hardware

Configuration dialog.

2. Choose the channel inputs for the tracks in Deck

you intend to record on.

3. Record enable those tracks.

4. Start recording.

It is strongly recommended that you monitor your

recording in the analog domain when recording live or

overdubbing. Use your analog mixer to monitor the

analog audio signal while recording in Deck. When

you record monitor in Deck, there will be a latency

equal to twice the size of the ASIO buffer (e.g. at

44,100 with a 2,048 byte buffer size there will be

almost 93 milliseconds of latency from when you

recorded the signal into Deck to when you hear it

come back out of the speakers). Monitoring the

recording in the analog domain avoids this problem.

To monitor recording in the analog domain:

1. Disable Record monitoring in the Hardware

Configuration dialog.

2. Be sure that the analog signal(s) you intend to

record are correctly routed to the inputs of your

audio interface for recording into Deck as well as

to be monitored through your speakers.

3. Choose the channel inputs for the tracks in Deck

you intend to record on.

4. Record enable those tracks.

5. Start recording.

Hardware Options

Choose Hardware Options from the Options menu in

Deck to open the ASIO driver’s utility/control panel

for certain ASIO supported cards (OS 8.6–9.2 only) or

the CoreAudio driver’s utility/control panel for certain

CoreAudio supported cards (OS X.1 only).

Digidesign Hardware Setup dialog

Digigram VX Pocket Control Panel

Please note that some cards’ drivers will either

not have driver setup utilities/control panels or

they will have driver setup utilities that need to

be configured prior to launching Deck (such as

the MOTU PCI-324 or the M-Audio Delta series)

and cannot be accessed from within Deck.

Installing and Configuring Deck

Configuring Deck and Setting

Maximum Playback Tracks

You need to make sure Deck is set to the correct

hardware. This usually occurs automatically. You may

also need to set the number of playback tracks,

especially if you are upgrading from an earlier version

of Deck or upgrading your computer platform.

To configure Deck and set the playback track count:

1. Within Deck, choose Options > Hardware

Configuration.

2. Select your audio hardware from the Audio Card

option and click OK.

3. Choose File > Preferences > Memory & Storage.

4. Set Max. Play Tracks as desired. (In most cases,

the value will default to the nominal track count

for your system.) The actual maximum playback

tracks will vary depending on your system and

hardware.

Memory & Storage preferences dialog

You can always set the maximum play tracks

to a number below the actual maximum

available. This is advised if you experience

“Disk is too slow” messages, or if you experi-

ence poor interface response.

Optimum track count on any machine depends on

many factors, such as the speed of your drive, the

speed of your CPU, and the model of Macintosh you

run Deck on.

Using dedicated audio drives

Using your system drive to record and play back will

decrease your system performance, due to system

software design. Use a non-system SCSI hard drive for

recording and playback to achieve optimal perfor-

mance. Using dedicated audio drives running at 7,200

rpm or faster will further improve Deck’s track count

and performance. UW-SCSI is the current standard for

high performance drives, but UDMA-66 drives can

achieve nearly the same performance. Firewire hard

drives provide another exciting new standard with data

transfers up to 30gb/second! (1 16-bit 44,100 audio

channel = 88kb/second.) Remember, the faster the

hard drive the better.

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Chapter 3

What’s New in Deck 3.5?

Deck 3.5 Addendum

What’s New in Deck 3.5

Chapter 3:

What’s New

in Deck 3.5?

5.1 Surround Mixing

Deck 3.5 now supports 5.1 surround mixing in

addition to stereo mixing. Deck provides the ideal

environment for your surround editing and mixing

needs. To use Deck for 5.1 surround mixing, you will

need:

•An audio interface with at least 6 channels of

output (make sure you have correctly installed

and connected your multichannel audio interface

according to the manufacturers instructions)

•Five matching speakers and a sub-woofer

arranged in the standard 5.1 configuration:

Center

Left Right

“sweet spot”

Surround Left Surround Right

The Left and Right speakers are the same as a normal

stereo configuration. The Center speaker should be

placed front and center. The Surround Left and

Surround Right speakers should be placed in the rear,

mirroring the front Left and Right stereo pair. The sub-

woofer can be place just about anywhere (though it is

usually placed in the front or off to the side) because

low-frequencies are typically non-directional. Your

speaker manufacturer’s documentation should have

instructions for optimal speaker placement.

Be sure to calibrate your speakers so that your

system plays back at accurately balanced

levels. This will help compensate for any

variances in speaker position, alignment or

performance.

Creating a 5.1 Surround Session

To create a new 5.1 surround session:

1. Select File > New Session.

2. In the New Session dialog, type the name for the

session and specify where you want to save it.

3. Select the desired sample rate.

4. Select the 5.1 Surround option in the Mixing

Mode box.

5. Click save to create your session.

Monitoring 5.1 Surround

To set the channel routing to monitor 5.1 surround:

1. Choose Window > Master Outputs Window to

open the Master Outputs window. The top half of

this window has six Channel Output Selector pop-

up menus for the Left, Center, Right, Left

Surround Right Surround, and Subwoofer

channels.

2. From the Channel Output Selector pop-up menu,

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select the audio output that is connected to the

corresponding speaker.

Master Outputs window

In the lower half of the Master Outputs window, there

are 6 meters for each of the 6 output channels. The

meters will function properly regardless of whether

that channel is routed to an output on your audio

interface. There is also a Master Gain slider to adjust

the output volume of your mix.

Surround Panning

When you open the Mixer window for your 5.1

session, notice the panner is not a slider, like in a

stereo Deck session, but a round area with a dot

representing the pan setting.

Mixer window track strip in a surround session

The round area represents the two dimensional space

covered by your five loudspeakers (Left, Center, Right,

Surround Left, and Surround Right). To pan the sound

through the space, click on the round area for the

specific track you want to pan. This will bring up the

Surround Panner Window.

Channel I/O

pop-up menus

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Surround Panner window

While playing back your session, you can grab and

drag the Pan Control (the ball in the middle) in the

Surround Panner window to move the source around

the surround field. You can also automate surround

panning in the same way that you would in a stereo

Deck session, either by recording surround panning

moves or by editing breakpoint automation. A

surround session includes Front and Rear pan controls

in addition to the Left and Right pan controls for each

track.

Configuring a Track’s Surround Panner

Open the Mixer Window and click on the track’s small

surround panner to bring up the Surround Panner

window for that track. There are several different ways

to customize the surround panner. First, you can turn

individual speakers on or off to designate which

speakers will pass the panned signal. To toggle a

speaker on or off, click the green button for the Left,

Center, Right, Left Surround, or Right Surround

speaker. All five speakers are on by default, but, for

example, you can turn off the center speaker if you

just want to pan to a Quad arrangement. You can

additionally turn off the surround speakers, if you

want to just pan to stereo. You can arbitrarily turn on

and off speakers to get the specific spatial effect you

like, but these settings cannot be automated.

At the bottom of the Surround Pan window there is an

Enable LFE (Low Frequency Effects) button to toggle

the Subwoofer channel on or off. When you turn on

the LFE channel, the Surround Panner sends low

frequency signals to the subwoofer channel. However,

it does not remove the low frequency signal from the

other five channels. This results in an effective bass

boost for that track when monitoring with a

subwoofer. You can adjust the gain in dB with the LFE

Level slider. You can also adjust the low-pass

frequency for routing to the subwoofer by adjusting

the LFE Frequency slider.

The LFE should not be used to eliminate the

bass from the main channels. Bass manage-

ment systems on consumer surround decoders

are responsible for removing the bass from the

signal going to small speakers and send it to

the subwoofer.

You can also change the surround panning algorithm

using the Surround Panner Algorithm pop-up menu at

the top of the Surround Panner window. Deck

supports three surround panning algorithms: Width,

Angle, and Ambient. The specified surround panning

algorithm defines how the signal is effected by the

surround panner.

Width — The Width panner is the easiest to use and is

the default setting. When the ball is near the outer

edge of the circle, the imaging is precise and focused.

As you drag the ball into the middle, the spatial image

spreads across all the channels making it sound wider

until it is completely surrounding you in the middle.

This algorithm is particularly useful for tracks with a

lot of motion through the middle, such as the sound

of a plane flying overhead.

Surround Panner

Algorithm pop-up menu

Channel On/Off

buttons

Enable LFE

button

Track Selector

pop-up menu

LFE Level

slider

LFE Frequency

slider

Pan Control

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Angle — The Angle panner differs from the Width

panner in that it does not have a variable image width.

It is most useful for sounds that you want to place at a

specific angle. The motion of the ball is restricted to a

ring to reinforce the idea that you can’t surround

yourself with this panner. The angle panner is

particularly useful for iterative sounds moving around

the surround space, such as birds or a flying insect.

Ambient — The Ambient panner adds surround

ambience to all five channels while still allowing you to

place the primary sound image in space. The room

ambience increases as you move the ball from the

center out to the edge, resulting in something like a

wet/dry mix. This algorithm works well for motion

through the center, but is best suited for static

placement of sounds in a room.

Mixing a 5.1 Session To Disk

When you are ready to mix your 5.1 surround session

to disk, choose Process > Mix To Disk. The export

options in the dialog are be grayed out because Mix To

Disk in surround mode only supports mono 16-bit

AIFF files. After clicking Save, Deck will output six

mono AIFF files with L, R, C, LS, RS, LFE suffixes. This

is the format supported by A-Pack for Dolby Digital

encoding.

Importing OMF Files

Deck 3.5 can import OMF files from other applications

( such as Final Cut Pro, Pro Tools, Avid, Digital

Performer, Nuendo, etc.). OMF files contain or refer to

all the media for an editing session and the time

locations of all media.

To import an OMF file in Deck:

1. Choose File > Import OMF.

2. Locate the OMF file (it must end with the .omf

suffix) in the File dialog and click Open.

3. In the resulting New Session dialog, enter a name

for your new session, specify the session’s sample

rate, and select stereo or surround. If the session

sample rate you choose is different from the

sample rate used by the audio in the OMF file, the

imported audio tracks will be converted to the

session sample rate.

4. Click OK to confirm your session choices and the

OMF file will be imported as a new session in

Deck.

Now that the OMF file has been imported, you're

ready to work on the session and create your final mix.

Example Workflow

1. Edit your project in Final Cut Pro, including

placing audio on tracks to match video edit

points. An external audio editor (such as BIAS

Peak) can be launched from Final Cut to adjust

individual clips if needed.

2. In Final Cut Pro , choose File > Export Audio to

OMF, and specify a location and name for the

exported audio. You can also adjust the sample

rate of the audio at this point, and choose the

“handle length.” (“Handle Length” is the amount

of audio either side of each clip in the timeline

that is preserved in the export. The exported file

will have the correct start and end times, but the

clip can be made larger up to a total of two times

the handle length.)

You can also export your Final Cut Pro sequence

as a QuickTime movie at this point so that it can

also be imported into Deck for use as a visual

reference.

3. Launch Deck and choose File > Convert OMF

from the file menu, and select the OMF file you

created in Step 2. You will be prompted to create

a new Deck session. Be sure to specify a matching

sample rate and whether you want a stereo or

surround session.

4. The OMF file will be imported and a new session

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created. Once complete the tracks, mixer and

transport windows will be opened for you (there's

a progress bar during session import). Your new

session will have the audio laid out in the same

number of tracks as the Final Cut Pro sequence

and with the same SMPTE start time and frame

rate. Final Cut Pro does not export (and Deck

does not import) gain envelopes, so those

adjustments should be made in Deck not Final

Cut Pro.

You can also import the Quicklime movie as a

visual reference using the options in the

QuickTime menu. Depending on performance of

your system and the total number of audio tracks

and effects it may be necessary to reduce the

visual presentation of the movie to 1/2 or 1/4 size

to avoid performance issues.

Fader Linking

Deck 3.5 now supports linking faders. Linked faders

move in tandem (i.e., when you move one of the

linked faders, the other linked faders move with it).

This is particularly useful for controlling the volume of

a stereo pair of tracks by moving only one fader.

To link faders:

1. In the Mixer window, shift-click a volume fader.

The fader will turn blue.

2. Shift-click one or more additional faders to link

them.

3. Once fader are linked, you can move any blue

slider and all other blue sliders will move at the

same level. If automation is being recorded for a

track the move from the linked fader will be

recorded too.

4. To unlink a fader shift-click it again and it will

revert to its normal color and move indepen-

dently.

CoreMIDI

Deck 3.5 on Mac OS X uses CoreMIDI to communicate

with external MIDI hardware, some of which require

third-party drivers to be installed in order to function.

Check the documentation for your CoreMIDI-

compatible MIDI interface for installation and

configuration instructions.

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