Specifications

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Additional output assignments can be added by
Start-clicking (Windows) or Control-clicking
(Macintosh) the Selector and assigning another
path.
Multichannel Sends
All track formats, including mono and stereo, let
you assign one or more multichannel sends.
This provides a multichannel panner in the
Sends View. Sends are also useful to bus tracks
for multichannel plug-in processing.
Figure 36 shows a mono audio track with a 6-
channel send (Sends View Shows > Send A
View).
Pro Tools bussing and submixing features are
available for all channel formats, from
mono/stereo through 8-channel. For examples
of multichannel monitoring, effects processing,
and bussing, see “Mixing with Paths and Sub-
Paths” on page 519. For mono and stereo mix
examples, see Chapter 26, “Basic Mixing.”
Multichannel Auxiliary Inputs and
Master Faders
A multichannel Auxiliary Input or Master Fader
is used as a return for the multichannel bus.
Sends are useful when you need to create an ad-
ditional, independent mix simultaneously (per-
haps of a distinct format), requiring dedicated
fader, mute, solo, and automation controls.
You can assign Master Faders to main and sub-
paths. Main paths must match the format of the
Master Fader, and only one Master Fader can be
active and assigned to any single (active) main
or sub-path. A Master Fader cannot be assigned
to a sub-path if its associated main path is al-
ready assigned on another Master Fader. See
“Master Faders” on page 406.
Mono, Multi-Mono and
Multichannel Plug-Ins
Plug-ins can be used in mono, multi-mono, or
multichannel formats.
For information about mono, stereo, and mono-
in/stereo-out plug-ins, see Chapter 27, “Plug-In
and Hardware Inserts.”
Figure 36. A mono audio track with a mono output
format, with a multi-channel send
Multi-channel send panner
Mono meter
Mono output format
Plug-in formats