Specifications

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All mapped output busses of the same format (such
as stereo) are all assigned to the same output path.
For example, you can assign all stereo output bus-
ses to output path A 1–2.
To map all output busses of the same format to
one output path:
1 Do one of the following:
• Shift-click to select contiguous Output
busses.
• Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Win-
dows) to select noncontiguous Output busses.
2 Option-Shift-click (Mac) or Alt-Shift-click
(Windows) the Mapping To Output selector for
one of the selected Output busses and select an
output path (mono or stereo).
Only the selected mapped output busses of the
same format (such as stereo) are assigned to the
same output path. For example, you can assign
only the selected stereo output busses to output
path A 1–2.
To map all busses of the same format to unique
ascending output paths (cascading):
 Command-Option-click (Mac) or Control-Alt-
click (Windows) the Mapping to Output selec-
tor of the top-most output path and select the
first output path.
All busses of the same channel format are automat-
ically assigned to unique output path assignments
in ascending order. For example, for stereo output
paths, output bus A 1–2 is assigned to output path
A 1–2, A 3–4 to A 3–4, A 5–6 to A 5–6, and so on.
Mapping Mono Busses to Surround
Paths
(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete
Production Toolkit Only)
You can map a mono bus to any channel of a sur-
round output path, for example, route a dialogue
track to the center channel of 5.1 output path. (This
capability is available for all output channel widths
except Stereo and Quad outputs.)
To map a mono bus to a channel of a surround
output path:
1 On the Bus page of the I/O Setup, click New
Path
.
2 In the New Paths dialog, specify Mono channel
width for the bus path, type a path name, and
click
Create.
3 Enable Mapping To Output for the path.
4 Select a multichannel output path from the Map-
ping To Output
selector. The mono bus indicator
changes to “C” (Center) by default, and a pop-
up menu becomes available.
5 To assign another channel, click the mono bus
indicator and select the channel from the pop-up
menu.
Selecting a multichannel output path
Assigning a channel to a mono bus