purpose is to provide outputs that
can be routed into other tracks, as
we will see.
Connect The Outputs
Create five stereo auxiliary tracks
and change the track names to:
Dialog Front, Dialog C LFE, Dialog
Rear, Reverb Front, and Reverb
Rear, respectively. Then set the
track outputs to Front, Center-LFE,
Rear, Front, and Rear, respectively.
Finally, set the aux track inputs to
come from the Mix 51 plug-in as
Main Bus 1 – L R, Main Bus 1 - C
LFE, Main Bus 1 – Ls Rs, Send Bus
1 – L R, and Send Bus 1 – Ls Rs,
respectively.
Add A Quad Reverb
Create a quad reverb by inserting
two D-Verb plug-ins on the last two
auxiliary tracks.
Add A Surround Panner
On the last plug-in insert on the first
aux track, insert a RTAS Mix 51
Surround Panner plug-in on the last
insert position. Locate the Send Bus
popup menu control and set it to
Send Bus 1. (The main output should
default to Main Bus 1).
Add Some Audio
Import or 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 is set
up the same as the picture at the
start of this section. When you
playback the session, you should
now be seeing/hearing your audio
track being mixed into the Mix 51
Main Bus 1 and coming through the
aux tracks. Try moving the surround
panner control or adjusting fader
levels in the panner or mixer plug-ins
to experiment with your new
surround mixing system.
Pre-Fader Send Alternative
To create a pre-fader send to the Mix
51 send bus (so that your ProTools
track fader does not affect the level
to your send bus), insert a Mix 51
Surround Panner on the audio track,
route the Mix 51 main output to “off”
and the Mix 51 send bus output to
Send Bus 1. (The Mix 51 pre/post
button should also be clicked on, so
that the Mix 51 main fader is not
affecting your send level). Now you
have a pre-fader send to your Mix 51
send bus along with a post-fader
panner running on the aux track.
