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Pro Tools Reference Guide 976
To connect your audio interfaces for 5.1 format
mixing and monitoring:
1
Determine the 5.1 format and track layout
you want to use.
2
Connect the output channels of your audio
interface to the corresponding input channels of
your monitoring system according to the assign-
ments listed in Table 45 on page 975.
Configuring Pro Tools for
Multichannel Sessions
Configuring Pro Tools and sessions for multi-
channel mixing can be done in any (or all) of
the ways described in this section.
New Sessions
You can create a new session and choose a sur-
round mix I/O Settings file as the
default
I/O Setup. See “New Sessions and I/O Settings”
on page 976.
Remixing Sessions in Surround (Importing
Multichannel I/O Setups)
By creating or importing a surround mix I/O Set-
tings file in the I/O Setup dialog, multichannel
paths can be made available in any stereo (or
other format) session. You can then reassign
track routing from the original stereo paths to
multichannel paths. Inactive and active paths
simplify reassignment. See “Importing Multi-
channel I/O Setups” on page 978.
Custom Multichannel Paths
You can customize and redefine existing paths
in the I/O Setup dialog. For more information,
see “Custom Multichannel Paths” on page 978.
Importing Session Data
By using the Import Session Data command
(File > Import > Session Data), you can import
tracks and media from other sessions plus their
associated paths and track assignments. After
importing session data, you can use the
I/O Setup dialog to configure main and sub-
paths for the requirements of the session. For
more information, see Chapter 6, “I/O Setup.”
New Sessions and I/O Settings
When you create a new session, you can specify
a surround format that you want to use as your
I/O Setup. Default path configurations are pro-
vided as I/O Settings files, for stereo and sur-
round mixing.
Once you create the new session, you can create
and import tracks, import audio, and assign sig-
nal routing to set up your mix.
If you use a Digidesign control surface, see
its guide for more information.
In order to see multichannel options in
Pro Tools, the Surround Mixer plug-in must
be installed in the Plug-ins folder. This
plug-in can be installed with Pro Tools (see
the Setup Guide for your Pro Tools system).
If it is not installed, you can move it from
the Plug-ins (Unused) folder to the Plug-ins
folder.