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Table Of Contents                                     

 

 

Chapter 1 

Introduction 

 

 

 

Welcome 

 

 

 

System Requirements 
Important Latency Information 

 
Chapter 2 

Installation 

 

 

 

Installing Mix 51 

 

 

 

Authorizing Mix 51 
Removing Expired Plug-Ins 

 
Chapter 3 

Quick Start Guide 

 
Chapter 4 

Surround Mixer Plug-In 

 

 

 

Overview 

 

 

 

Connecting the Outputs 
Description and Use Of Controls 

 
Chapter 5 

Surround Panner Plug-In 

 

 

 

Overview 
Panner Controls 

 
Chapter 6 

LFE Send Plug-In 

 

 

 

Overview 
LFE Send Controls 

 
Chapter 7 

Pro Logic™ || Movie Mode Monitoring 

 
Chapter 8 

Automation 

 
Chapter 9 

Troubleshooting 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Mix 51

Page 1: ...m info neyrinck com Copyright This guide is copyrighted 2007 by Neyrinck with all rights reserved Under copyright laws this guide may not be duplicated in whole or in part without the written consent...

Page 2: ...51 Removing Expired Plug Ins Chapter 3 Quick Start Guide Chapter 4 Surround Mixer Plug In Overview Connecting the Outputs Description and Use Of Controls Chapter 5 Surround Panner Plug In Overview Pan...

Page 3: ...eatures RTAS surround mixing to three 5 1 summing busses and three quad summing busses for a total of 30 mix bus channels Automatable volume mute and solo controls for each main and send output bus Vo...

Page 4: ...cy in seconds can be calculated with the formula Buffer Size Sample Rate For example if the Pro Tools H W Buffer Size is set to 512 the latency is 512 48000 10 6 ms at 48 kHz sample rate To set the H...

Page 5: ...ok authorization needs to be obtained online and downloaded onto your iLok USB Key You will need an iLok com account to complete the process If you do not yet have an ilok com account visit www ilok c...

Page 6: ...ht Center LFE Rear Left Rear Right This picture shows an example I O Setup using the SMPTE recommended ordering New Session Create a new session to start using Mix 51 Mix 51 will operate at all sample...

Page 7: ...r record some audio on the first track for playing thru the Mix 51 Panner and Mixer Review The Session Now you are ready to use the Mix 51 system Check the Pro Tools Mixer Window and make sure that it...

Page 8: ...not appear on the track where the Surround Mixer is located The Surround Mixer plug in does not process any audio on the track where it is located The audio is simply passed thru from input to output...

Page 9: ...ers This allows you to copy paste automation moves to from regular Pro Tools volume faders using the Paste Special To Current Automation Type feature of Pro Tools Use the option click OS X or alt clic...

Page 10: ...e also continuing normal Mix 51 operation This also allows two panners to operate on a single track in case you want a track to be mixed to two different Mix 51 Main Buses or Send Buses for example Pa...

Page 11: ...much goes to the left right outputs For example with center set to zero a center panned signal will be an equal blend between the left and right outputs with none going to the center output In contra...

Page 12: ...should use the LFE panner plug in Default Fine Tune Opt click OS X or alt click WinXP to reset any control to the default position Hold down the cmd key OS X or the control key WinXP to perform fine t...

Page 13: ...l LFE Send Controls Output Selection Select the destination bus for the track by clicking on the Main Bus popup menu Select one of the Main Buses 1 2 or 3 as the destination for the LFE signal Volume...

Page 14: ...k when the track is in read or latch etc mode Please see your Pro Tools guide for more details on plug in automation Migrating to Pro Tools HD The Mix 51 plug ins can be used in Pro Tools HD but you c...

Page 15: ...a track routed to a 5 1 output for instance select the Front Position pan automation for that track and using Paste Special To Current Automation Type you can paste the Mix 51 L R automation into the...

Page 16: ...very important to set the home theater system to Pro Logic II Movie Mode Chapter 9 Troubleshooting Not Seeing Meters on Tracks With a Mix 51 Panner The default behavior for Mix 51 Surround Panners LF...

Page 17: ...fader in the Mix 51 Surround Panner plug in is post fader Not able to set up a surround Reverb Please see the Mix 51 demo session for an example of how to create a send bus mix and bring it back into...

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