Specifications

Chapter 30: Surround Concepts 497
Chapter 30: Surround Concepts
Pro Tools HD-series and MIX-series systems sup-
port multichannel mixing for surround sound.
How to Use These Chapters
This part of the guide describes multichannel
mixing for surround sound with Pro Tools.
These sections supplement the basic Pro Tools
information provided elsewhere in the
Pro Tools Reference Guide.
If you are new to surround mixing, read the re-
maining sections of this chapter for an introduc-
tion to surround terminology and concepts.
If you already have experience with surround
mixing, mastering, and monitoring, this chap-
ter can be skipped. Operational instructions for
Pro Tools surround features begin in
Chapter 31, “Pro Tools Setup for Surround.”
Mixing Formats and Surround
Formats
When running Pro Tools version 5.1 or higher
with the Surround Mixer plug-in, Pro Tools HD-
series and MIX-series systems let you mix in 3-
to 8-channel formats, in addition to standard
mono and stereo.
Supported mixing formats include Mono, Ste-
reo, LCR, Quad, LCRS, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, and
7.1.
Surround formats include Dolby Surround
(Pro Logic), Dolby Digital, DTS, and SDDS.
Pro Tools does not provide its own surround for-
mat processing, and requires appropriate plug-
ins (such as Dolby Surround Tools
™
) or hard-
ware to provide Dolby surround encoding and
decoding.