Specifications

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To define an LCRS path:
1 Choose Setup > I/O, and click the Output tab.
2 Click New Path.
3 Select LCRS from the Path Format selector.
4 Name the path LCRS.
5 In the Channel Grid, click in the box below
the first (left-most) audio interface channel for
the path. Pro Tools automatically fills up the ad-
jacent units to the right. If you click in the LCRS
row under channel 1, the LCRS path is assigned
to channels 1–4.
6 Select the Bus tab.
7 Select Output Busses from the Default selector.
8 Click the Default button.
9 Click OK to close the I/O Setup.
5.1 Tracks, Formats, Assignments, and
Metering
Path definitions in I/O Setup determine how au-
dio is routed through, and metered on, your au-
dio interfaces.
Pro Tools internal (on-screen) metering of 5.1
format paths always follows the Film track lay-
out:
L C R Ls Rs LFE
Pro Tools track layout of 5.1 format audio tracks
in the Edit window also conforms to the Film
layout (arranged top to bottom). See the illustra-
tion “5.1 Track Layouts, Routing, and Metering”
on page 74
.
In the I/O Setup dialog, you can route these sig-
nals out of your audio interfaces according to
any track layout (such as DTS or SMPTE/ITU).
To assign channels in a path:
 Click and drag a channel to a new valid loca-
tion in the Grid. Other channel assignments will
move (shuffle) to accommodate dragged chan-
nels.
Selecting Output Busses from the Default selector