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The tools found in the Utility category can help with routine tasks and situations that you
may encounter during production, such as the following: Gain plug-ins are used to adjust
the level or phase of input signals. I/O Utility enables you to integrate external audio
effects into your host application mixer. Test Oscillator generates a static frequency or
sine sweep.
This chapter covers the following:
Down Mixer (p. 261)
Gain Plug-in (p. 262)
I/O Utility (p. 263)
Multichannel Gain (p. 265)
Test Oscillator (p. 265)
Down Mixer
You can use the Down Mixer to adjust the input format of the surround master channel
strip. This allows you to quickly check a surround mix in stereo, for example.
Important: The desired surround format is chosen from the Insert menu when you insert
the plug-in. Choices include: To Stereo, To Quad, To LCRS.
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