Neyrinck SoundCode For Dolby E Version 2.0

SoundCode For Dolby E

Version 2.0 - Faster and Easier Dolby E

Designed for post-production studios, TV mixers, and broadcasters delivering, receiving, and monitoring Dolby E on video tape or as files. Take control of Dolby E for the best listening experience.

SoundCode For Dolby E Features

Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS X Support
Standalone Application, Pro Tools HD/LE Plug-In
Final Cut Encoder Plug-In
Audio Unit and VST Realtime Decode Plug-Ins
Works with Final Cut, Media Composer, Nuendo, Pyramix
Dolby E Encode and Dolby E Decode
Encode and Decode Dolby E streams at your workstation faster-than-realtime
Realtime Dolby E confidence monitoring
Realtime Dolby E file auditioning
Unsurpassed Pro Tools integration
Extensive metadata display
Stereo LtRt downmixing
Direct File Decode™
Tape-based and file-based workflows
Deliver a Dolby E encode to a video facility as a file
Embed Dolby metadata in a WAV file where it belongs
Implement file-based workflows that carry Dolby metadata with the audio
Import and export interleaved, SMPTE ordered WAV files larger than 2 GB in Pro Tools
Combine multiple audio programs into a single audio file
Compatible with Dolby DP600 workflows
Includes SoundCode Stereo LtRt plug-in for Pro Logic™ I and Pro Logic™ II compatible encoding
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Introducing SoundCode For Dolby E

SoundCode For Dolby E is a suite of software tools that makes Dolby E encoding and decoding fast and easy on Mac or Windows. SoundCode For Dolby E works great for traditional tape-based workflows and emerging file-based workflows. A Dolby E stream can be encoded fast to a stereo WAV file. The Dolby E stream is easily layed back to video tape on-site or off-site using workstations such as Pro Tools, Nuendo, Fairlight, Pyramix, Final Cut, and Media Composer. A video tape or file delivery can be easily confidence monitored directly in audio workstations such as Pro Tools, Nuendo, Fairlight, or Pyramix. And on the Mac, the new N-Mon utility lets you monitor in realtime using core audio applications such as Quicktime Player and Final Cut or from an external VTR using a core audio interface. SoundCode realtime monitoring detects and displays any CRC errors so you can deliver Dolby E streams with 100% confidence.

The SoundCode For Dolby E Suite

SoundCode For Dolby E provides a comprehensive set of tools for workflows with pro audio and video workstations on Mac and Windows. The standalone application provides lightning fast, file-based Dolby E encoding and decoding using WAV files that can be exported or imported with any professional workstation. The Pro Tools plug-ins provide integrated file-based Dolby E encode/decode and real-time RTAS decoding. The Final Cut export plug-in provides simple file-based Dolby E encoding of Final Cut sequences. The Audio Unit and VST plug-ins provide real-time Dolby E monitoring with most pro audio workstations on Mac and Windows. The N-Mon utility for Mac provides Dolby E monitoring for core audio applications such as Final Cut and Quicktime Player.

Encoder Tool

The heart of SoundCode For Dolby E is the Dolby E Encoder tool. It operates as a standalone application, Pro Tools plug-in, or Final Cut plug-in for almost any workflow on Mac or Windows. The Dolby E Encoder combines up to eight channels of audio and Dolby metadata into a Dolby E stream for file-based or tape-based delivery. It is easy to lay back the Dolby E stream to an external VTR by simply placing the stereo Dolby E WAV file into a stereo track of your workstation software. File-based deliveries are also very easy for off-site laybacks or playout servers.

Decode / Monitor Tool

Confidence Monitoring, Decoding, Dolby Metadata Display

The Dolby E Decode Tool lets you confidence monitor Dolby E streams, play back Dolby E files, decode Dolby E streams, and display Dolby E metadata of files and Dolby E streams. It operates as a standalone application, Pro Tools plug-in, Audio Unit plug-in, and VST plug-in. The standalone application provides file-based decoding so you can decode and import Dolby E into any application that reads WAV files. The RTAS, Audio Unit, and VST plug-ins allow realtime monitoring with almost any audio workstation so you can test and deliver Dolby E files and video tapes with complete confidence. The Audio Unit plug-in also operates in the new N-Mon utility for Mac. N-Mon is a core audio application lets you monitor with core audio applications such as Quicktime Player, Final Cut, or an external VTR using a core audio interface

Larger then 2 GB Files / SMPTE Ordered

Pro Tools handles files no larger than 2 GB and interleaves audio in film order. The SoundCode For Dolby E plug-in eliminates those limitations by reading and writing files larger than 2 GB using the RIFF64 chunk standard and interleaves audio using the SMPTE standard. Now you can import and export audio in Pro Tools to be compatible with almost any audio system.

Dolby DP600 Compatible

SoundCode For Dolby E is designed so facilities can easily use the powerful Dolby DP600 for faster-than-realtime, file-based processing with audio and video workstations. The Dolby DP600 features Dolby E encoding / decoding, Dolby Digital encoding / decoding, loudness analysis and correction, and more. The DP600 connects to your computer network and operates using audio files. SoundCode acts as a bridge between the workstation and the Dolby DP600 by writing and reading MBWF files that contain Dolby metadata. Just use the Dolby E Encoder tool to create a file and send it off to the DP600 for processing

Pro Tools Integration

SoundCode For Dolby E is designed to smoothly integrate with Pro Tools HD and LE. The Dolby E Encoder Audiosuite plug-in automatically extracts timecode information from the timeline selection and the session setup. The Dolby E Decoder Audiosuite plug-in will import and spot audio into the timeline with sample accuracy. The RTAS plug-in follows Pro Tools MIDI time code to play back a WAV file in realtime, sample accurate. Just point it to a file, press play, and you hear the Dolby E stream or MBWF file. And the RTAS plug-in works well with Pro Tools LE by levarging auxiliary output stems and outputting up to eight channels for complete surround monitoring and layback.

Final Cut Integration

SoundCode For Dolby E version 2.0 now integrates with Final Cut software for easy Dolby E encoding. It operates as an export plug-in that operates on sequences. It automatically uses the sequence time code information for easy setup. Either the sequence start/end times or the sequence in/out times can be used. The audio inputs to the encoder are easily selected from the twenty-four audio outputs that a sequence can provide. A batch encode option lets you select a set of sequences for fast Dolby E encoding.

Powerful Standalone Application

XML Settings, Batch Processing

SoundCode For Dolby E includes a standalone application that lets you select audio files and edit metadata to encode to a Dolby E stream or export to a MBWF file with Dolby metadata. It also allows you to edit the Dolby metadata in an existing BWF file. The standalone application allows audio and video workstations such as Avid, Final Cut, and Nuendo to add Dolby metadata to audio files and integrate with file-based workflows and use the Dolby DP600.

SoundCode For Dolby E supports XML files that specify all apsects of an encoding or exporting process. You can use a single XML file or multiple XML files to specify sets of processing operations that can be processed sequentially.

Simple Licensing

SoundCode For Dolby E software uses iLok USB key licensing for simplicity and flexibility or a license file tied to the workstation. A single iLok key can be used to authorize all tools on any computer system with SoundCode installed. If you need to use SoundCode on one system one day and another system the next, just move the iLok USB key.

Specifications

Standalone Application - Dolby E Encoder, Dolby E Decoder
Pro Tools AudioSuite plug-ins - Dolby E Encoder, Dolby E Decoder
Final Cut Export Plug-In - Dolby E Encoder
VST, Audio Units, RTAS - Dolby E Decode plug-ins (Stereo, 5.1, and 8-Out)
Sample Rates - 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz (Dolby E operates at 48 kHz only)
Pro Tools 7.0 or later. Final Cut Pro / Express 6.0 or later
Mac OS X and Windows XP / Vista