Hello!
I would like to upgrade my system from 2.0 to 5.0 soon. I have an RME UCX II and active studio monitors and use a Windows PC exclusively for playback. For 5.0. I will also use Dirac Live, already own a license.
I am interested in good (natural) upmix solutions for stereo music as well as playback of music mixed for surround. There seems to be more and more music for Atmos, but I don't want a full Atmos system, 5.0 will do for now. Movies are not relevant.
That is, I actually need an upmixer for stereo -> 5.0 and a downmixer of Atmos -> 5.0.
There are AVRs that can do this, but I don't really want such a device, because the RME interface and the PC are actually quite enough and hardware and software are actually sufficiently available. Good AVRs/Processors are also sometimes extremely expensive.
My question to you is now:
Do I see it right that I can simply use a (hopefully good quality?) plugin like Penteo 16 Pro for $ 350 with jRiver or Reaper and that would meet my needs on the PC?
Or am I missing something and it doesn't work that way?
To be clear: I am not producing something, i only use some pro hard- and software for playback. I don´t have a DAW, more like a HTPC.
Thanks!
I would like to upgrade my system from 2.0 to 5.0 soon. I have an RME UCX II and active studio monitors and use a Windows PC exclusively for playback. For 5.0. I will also use Dirac Live, already own a license.
I am interested in good (natural) upmix solutions for stereo music as well as playback of music mixed for surround. There seems to be more and more music for Atmos, but I don't want a full Atmos system, 5.0 will do for now. Movies are not relevant.
That is, I actually need an upmixer for stereo -> 5.0 and a downmixer of Atmos -> 5.0.
There are AVRs that can do this, but I don't really want such a device, because the RME interface and the PC are actually quite enough and hardware and software are actually sufficiently available. Good AVRs/Processors are also sometimes extremely expensive.
My question to you is now:
Do I see it right that I can simply use a (hopefully good quality?) plugin like Penteo 16 Pro for $ 350 with jRiver or Reaper and that would meet my needs on the PC?
Or am I missing something and it doesn't work that way?
To be clear: I am not producing something, i only use some pro hard- and software for playback. I don´t have a DAW, more like a HTPC.
Thanks!