Specifications

Complete Production Toolkit 2 Guide74
5.1 Track Layouts, Routing, and Metering
Routing Audio for Surround
Mixing
Surround sessions typically include a combina-
tion of mono, stereo, and multichannel audio,
Auxiliary Input, Master Fader, and Instrument
tracks, and inserts and busses.
Once the appropriate I/O Setup has been im-
ported or configured, audio, Auxiliary Input,
Master Fader, and Instrument tracks can be
mixed in multichannel for surround using
Pro Tools mixing features.
Multichannel I/O and signal routing is deter-
mined by the paths defined in the I/O Setup di-
alog.
Figure 1. Track layout of different 5.1 formats
Channel Assignments in I/O Setup5.1 Format
Film
SMPTE/ITU
DTS
L C R Ls Rs LFE
(Control|24 Monitoring)
L R Ls Rs C LFE
L C R Ls Rs LFE
Track Meters Tracks
L C R Ls Rs LFE
(top to bottom)
same
L C R Ls Rs LFE
same
same
same
L C R Ls Rs LFE
(left to right)
L C R Ls Rs LFE
(Pro Tools Standard,
(ProControl Monitoring)
L C R Ls Rs LFE
L R C LFE Ls Rs
L R Ls Rs C LFE
L R C LFE Ls Rs
and C24)
ICON X-Mon
L C R LFE Ls Rs
(top to bottom)
same same
L C R Ls Rs LFE
(left to right)
L x C x R LFE Ls Rs
L x C x R LFE Ls Rs
(8-channel 7.1)
If you want independent volume, mute, and
solo controls for surround monitoring, you
may want to invest in external surround
monitoring hardware such as an C|24
™
.