MX51 SURROUND SOUND AUTHORING SYSTEM
Minnetonka introduces the Professional Authoring Environment for Surround Sound
Minnetonka Audio Software is the name for Surround Sound Authoring - first with its ground-breaking Mx51 Surround mixing software, an now more than ever with its growing list of professional tools.

Features
Fully customizable Surround Mixers
Automatic 5.1 bussing
Video Sync, slave or master*

Fully automated Surround Panning, available to every channel
User-adjusted Surround Sound Panning Algorithm
Per-channel SubBass Crossover with user-defined parameters
True Center / Virtual Center Blend Control
Automatic 6-track master creation to hard disk
Automatic 6-track master creation to ADAT or DA-88*
Breakthrough Tactile-Feedback Interface

New Features coming in Version 2-
Built-in interface to optional SurCode AC-3 encoder for Dolby Digital
Surround Sound, used in DVD, HDTV, and DSS
Built-in interface to optional SurFX Surround Sound Effects Plug-ins

*features available on V8 version only          

 

Create your own Surround Sound mixer in minutes
Minnetonka's famous drag-and-drop mixer goes Surround

component
Start wiStart with the Components Toolbox. The Toolbox gives you all the tools you need to build a serious Surround Mixer.

SURROUND MIXER
Use Mx51's drag-and-drop mixer just once, and you can never go back. Anything else is clunky and frustrating by comparison. Drag-and-drop Faders, Panners, effects plug-ins, solo/mute/automate buttons, aux sends, and more.Mx51's drag-and-drop mixer lets you build your ideal mixer in no time, so you can spend your time creatively mixing your recordings.

PANNER

Creative Freedom
Drop a Surround Panner on any mixer channel. The 5.1 bus is automatically created and connected by Mx51. All Surround Panners can be automated. And, with Mx51, you can see the automation of all Surround Panners at once!

 

Breakthrough Tactile-Feedback Interface

Lets you feel Surround Sound as you hear it. The powered joystick makes it easy to sense previously written automation and seamlessy write new panning paths

 

Adjustable Panning Algorithm
Not all Surround Panners are the same! Most leave you stuck with one algorithm. Mx51's professional tools give you control over the Surround Panner's relationship to the Surround Soundfield.
True Center / Virtual Center Blend

Take a front-centre sound highly focused by placing it in the front centre speaker. Or spread it to Virtual Centre, and give it a much "bigger" sound image. With Centre Blend control, you can adjust anywhere in between. Centre Blend can also be useful for maintaining backward compatibility to stereo.

SubBass Crossover
Drop a SubBass filter on any channel. Use it to send low frequency sounds to the subwoofer channel. You can also use it to remove low frequency sounds from the surround channels. The adjustable crossover frequency can be set as a global default, or adjusted on a per-channel basis.

SUB BASS
AUTOMATION Automation!
All mixer controls can be automated! Record movements in Faders, Panners, EQ parameters, and much more! And updating automation is as easy as grabbing a control during playback and moving it. Automation can be activated globally, or on a per-channel basis. Even effects can be automated!

 

Projects
Save your tracks, your custom mixer, your control automation, and your edits, all with a single mouse click! The Project file remembers your entire project. You can even load in a previous project, and undo an edit you did last week

 

PROJECT
NON DESTRUCTIVE WAVE FORM EDITING

Cut

Split

Group Paste

Loop

Copy

Move to Back

Group Delete

Jump to Splice Point

Paste

Gain Change

Group Fade

Jump to In Point

Replace

Normalize

Group Crossfade

Jump to Out Point

Delete

Select

Group Trim

Jump to Marker

Cut Time

Move in Time

Group Split

Zoom In by 2

Copy Time

Markers

Group Gain Change

Zoom Out by 2

Delete Time

Zoom In/Out

Group Normalize

Zoom to Sample Level

Insert Time

Autorewind on Stop

Group Move in Time

Group/Ungroup

Fade

Scroll Left/Right

Play from Beginning

Rescale waveform

Crossfade

Add/Insert/Delete Tracks

Play Selection

Scale in Real Time

Trim

Group Cut

Play from Cursor

Play to Out Point

Snap

Group Copy

Play to In Point

Scrub Automation

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