These Are The Older Alternative Instructions for Adobe Audion 1.5
For New Instructions please refer to Post #1 here:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showpost.php?p=59968&postcount=1
This thread is for new converters to help them search the 8 pages of thread from: PC Based SQ DECODING - ALMOST DONE!
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4633&highlight=adobe
Thanks to Andreas Bergbauer for discovering how to make Adobe Audition convert SQ into four discrete Channels and QUADradial and the many unsung heroes who perfected the system. Thanks to all who worked so hard creating this fantastic system to further the advancement of Quadraphonic Sound. And to Adobe for Adobe Audition.
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It's not hard to do this, so give it a try!
If you have any helpful information, please post to this thread.
Your Questions and comments are always welcome. Thanks.
These instructions are for SQ recordings at 44.1 kHz using Adobe Audion 1.5.
For DVD-Audio the settings in the script needs to be changed in line:
Selected: 0 to 156262176 SR 44100
To:
Selected: 0 to 156262176 SR 96000
For Adobe Audion 1.5
I highly recommend recording at 24 bit / 96 kHz even if all you plan to do is DTS-CD. At the end of this process your 4 Mono Wav's can be converted from 24 bit/96 kHz to 16 bit/44.1 kHz for DTS encoding. You'll be able to come back later to your saved decoded session files and produce a DVD-Audio disc.
You must first record or take from your SQ encoded audio CDs your Wav files and put them in a folder titled "sq" on your C drive and follow these instructions:
Place the SQ encoded wave file in c:\sq folder.
In "Multitrack View" open file in Adobe Audition -
File > Import. Next switch "Edit View."
If you wish to remove clicks from your record click Effects > Noise Reduction > Auto Click/Pop Eliminator. You should skip this step if your source sounds clean.
Next convert file to 32-bit - File > Convert Sample type and click on 32 bit Resolution.
(If you recorded your SQ record at 32 bit you may skip this step.)
Now we must normalize at -6dB Edit > Group Waveform Normalize and click tab 3 Normalize. Check "Normalize to a level of" and put -6 in the box. Click "Run Normalize."
Next save file as "front.wav" in folder c:\sq
File > Save As...
Save file again as "rear.wav" in folder c:\sq
File > Save As...
Next close all files - File > Close All
Run the script at post #18:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showpost.php?p=61228&postcount=18
An alternative script is at post #15 in this thread. (Please read posts 15-18)
And post #24 has more SQ / QS scripts:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showpost.php?p=61667&postcount=24 Which work differantly than the instructions found here.
To create script copy the entire script into Notepad, and save it as "SQdecoding.scp" (without the .txt) into:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Audition 1.5\Scripts
In "Edit View" go to Options > scripts then click "Open/New Collection" button and choose the "SQdecoding.scp" from the Adobe Audition scripts folder. Click on "SQdecoding" next to the "Run Script" button (it's on the left of the "grayed out" "Run Script" button). Then the "Run Script" button will turn on and work when you click it.
After the script is complete, you'll need to put front.wav and rear.wav onto separate tracks (Tracks 1 and 2). Switch to "Multitrack View" and click on front.wav - then click on the "Insert Into Multitrack" button. Repeat this step for the rear.wav file and you should have both files onto separate tracks. The front.wav track should be in "Track 1" and the rear.wav should be in "Track 2."
Next raise front.wav by +3dB. Click on front.wav Wav file in "Multitrack View" then go to Edit > Adjust Audio Clip Volume" and raise the volume to +3. Close volume slider window.
Next we need to give Tracks 1 and 2 the proper panning assignment. In "Multitrack View" go to View > Multichannel Encoder. Click on "Track 1" and select "FL+ FR, Stereo" from the "Panning Assignment" drop down menu. Next click on "Track 2" and select "Ls+ Rs, Stereo" from the "Panning Assignment" drop down menu.
To be clear, in the "Multichannel Encoder" window what each track should be:
front.wav should be on Track 1 and the "Panning Assignment" should be: FL+ FR, Stereo
rear.wav should be on Track 2 and the "Panning Assignment" should be: Ls+ Rs, Stereo.
Most Important! Before clicking on the "Export" button to export as 4 separate Mono Wav's check your volume levels in the "Multichannel Encoder" window. Click on the "Play All" button and watch the color volume meters. Your levels should not go into the red, if they do they're too high - lower them or you will have distortion in your final mono wav files. Click on "Track 1" (FL+ FR, Stereo) and adjust the front volume levels. Next click on "Track 2" (Ls+ Rs, Stereo) and adjust the rear volume levels.
Your results will very, but in general make sure all levels are even and not hitting red.
I've had to adjust my levels down using the volume slider for each track ("Track 1" FL+ FR and "Track 2" Ls+ Rs) from 100% to somewhere between 50% - 60%. Again, your results will very.
Click on the "Export" button and choose the "Export as six individual mone wav files" option. Be sure to name your files then click the "OK" button.
Your files are now ready for encoding. You can throw away the Center channel and LFE channel as there is nothing on them. I highly recommend saving the entire session so you can go back and readjust the volume levels of the Front and Back channels. In "Multitrack View" go to File > Save Session and title your project (be sure to check the box "Save copies of all associated files") and hit the "Save" button.
You will get 2 more "Do You Want To Save" pop-up's, but you need only save (with another name) if you have not already saved the original recording session or files.
My notes:
The goal here I believe, is to try to make the disc sound as close as possible to the original master source tape - with nothing added or subtracted. The same thing coming out of your speakers as what came out of the speakers in the original mixing room the day it was originally mixed. Less is more. Also, do not put anything in the Center or LFE channels for preservation sake and to keep the mixes as originally intended. 4.0 mixes and 5.1 mixes are similar but separate animals that provide different "air" and feel in the listening environment IMHO.
For QS decoding, links to Adobe Audiion 2.0 Script, SQ and QS test tones:
For a QS Script for Adobe Audition 1.5 go to post 96 here:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showpost.php?p=47522&postcount=96
This comes from the Thread:
Finally I decoded QS recordings with Adobe Audition
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5135
For Adobe Audition 2.0 Script and Instructions:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showpost.php?p=61601&postcount=21
For Adobe Audition 2.0 tryout version:
http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/
For SQ test tones:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showpost.php?p=31404&postcount=86
For QS test tones:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showpost.php?p=31488&postcount=94
Again Much thanks to all who worked so hard bringing this fantastic system to further the advancement of Quadraphonic Sound. And Adobe for Adobe Audition.
This Post will change from time to time as new information is added.
If you have any helpful information, please post to this thread.
Your Questions and comments are always welcome.
Please let me know me know if I can make this post better. Thanks.
The Above Are The Older Alternative Instructions for Adobe Audion 1.5
For New Instructions please refer to Post #1 here:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showpost.php?p=59968&postcount=1