Rendering Audio Montages to Audio Files in Real Time

If you render audio montages to audio files in real time, this allows you to listen to the audio file while it is being rendered. Real-time rendering is available for single file formats and multiple file formats.

Prerequisite

You have set up your audio montage. If you want to render to multiple file formats, you have created file format presets.

Procedure

  1. In the Audio Montage window, select the Render tab.
  2. In the Source section, specify which part of the audio file you want to render.
  3. In the Result section, activate Named File.
  4. In the Output section, click the Format field and do one of the following:

    • If you want to render to one audio format, select Edit Single Format.

    • If you want to render to multiple file formats, select Edit Multi Format.

  5. Make your settings in the Audio File Format dialog.

    • To add multiple file formats in the Multi Audio File Format dialog, click the + icon and select the file format presets that you want to render to.

  6. Click OK.
  7. Optional: Make additional settings on the Render tab.
  8. In the Render section, right-click Start Rendering and select Start Rendering (Real Time).
  9. In the Real-Time Rendering dialog, click Start.

Result

The audio montage is rendered.

If you render a surround mix to Multi Stereo/Mono files, the mono/stereo status of the rendered files reflects the mono/stereo status of the surround channels. If the audio montage uses a 6-channel (5.1) surround mode, two stereo files (Lf/Rf and Ls/Rs) and two mono files (C/Lfe) are rendered. The names of the rendered files reflect the name of the surround channel to which they belong.

If you render an 8-channel configuration using the Multi Stereo/Mono option, the channels are grouped as logical pairs (1-2, 3-4, etc.). For tracks that are routed to only one channel in a pair, a mono file is created.

Under Windows, you can also render single multi-channel surround files in the WMA 5.1 and 7.1 formats. Use the Windows Media Audio 9 Professional encoder.