Specifications

Chapter 3: Mixing and Recording Features and Enhancements 15
The following Pan Depth options are available:
–2.5 This is the standard stereo pan depth set-
ting in Pro Tools 8.x and lower. When opening
Pro Tools 8.x or lower session in Pro Tools 9.0 or
higher, this is the default option.
–3.0 This is the industry standard for surround
mixers and many consoles. This is the default
setting for new Pro Tools 9.0 sessions.
–4.5 This is the standard for many British ana-
log consoles.
–6.0 This is the standard for full mono compat-
ibility.
7.1 and 7.0 Surround Formats
(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete
Production Toolkit 2 Only)
Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Pro-
duction Toolkit 2 support two 7.0/7.1 surround
formats: standard HD and SDDS.
Standard HD 7.1 and 7.0 Surround
Formats
Pro Tools 9.0 supports the standard HD 7.1 and
7.0 surround formats. HD-DVD and Blue-Ray
systems use the standard HD format, which uti-
lizes the following track layout:
• 3 front channels (Left, Center, Right)
• 2 side channels (Left Surround Side, Right
Surround Side)
• 2 rear channels (Left Surround Rear, Right
Surround Rear)
• 1 LFE channel (x.1 only)
SDDS 7.1 and 7.0 Surround
Formats
The Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (SDDS) 7.1
and 7.0 surround formats that Pro Tools has
supported since version 5.1 have been renamed
“7.1 SDDS” and “7.0 SDDS” to differentiate
these formats from the standard 7.1 and 7.0 sur-
round formats.
• 5 front channels (Left, Left Center, Center,
Right Center, Right)
• 2 rear channels (Left Rear, Right Rear)
• 1 LFE channel (x.1 only)
Pan depth on multi-channel formats (such
as LCR or 5.1) is fixed at –3.0 dB. The vari-
able pan depth setting only affects stereo
panning.