Tightly integrated with Digidesign® Pro Tools® software, the Neyrinck SoundCode for Dolby Digital
plug-in suite provides mastering-quality workflow tools that enable you to encode and decode
Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio directly within Pro Tools software, without the need for dedicated
Dolby hardware. Whether you are mixing in surround, delivering surround audio for DVD
video, decoding audio from a DVD video within Pro Tools, creating a DVD reference disk, or
producing a surround-compatible audio CD, SoundCode provides a range of powerful features to help you accomplish your goals, all within the industry-standard Pro Tools environment.
SoundCode encodes to all AC-3 file types, including AC-3 with time code. SoundCode also encodes
to 16- or 24-bit stereo interleaved WAV files so you can lay back the Dolby Digital audio to digital
tape or create an audio disc for playback on a consumer stereo system that has a Dolby Digital
decoder. With the SoundCode Encoder, you can adjust preprocessing settings and add extensive
metadata to ensure greater consistency in the presentation of audio on a variety of playback systems.
The SoundCode Encoder also gives you the option to import the encoded Dolby Digital audio back
into the Pro Tools timeline, where you can decode and monitor it using the real-time SoundCode
Decoder.
Encoder
• Tight integration within the Pro Tools environment
• Faster-than-real-time encoding
• Punch In/Out feature to save time when fixing an existing AC-3 file
• Support for AC-3 time code file format
• Simultaneous import for confidence monitoring
• Support for Bitstream Extensions Metadata
Decoder
• Real-time decoding
• AudioSuite faster-than real-time decoding
• Confidence monitoring
• Extensive metadata display
• Decoding synchronized to Pro Tools video playback system
• Downmix and listening modes to simulate consumer listening environments
• Output level metering
• CRC error detection