Default I/O Selectors In I/O Setup - DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual

To define an LCRS path:
Choose Setup > I/O, and click the Output tab.
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Click New Path.
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Select LCRS from the Path Format selector.
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Name the path LCRS.
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In the Channel Grid, click in the box below
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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 will be
mapped across channels 1–4.
Select the new LCRS path and click New Sub-
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Path.
Name the new sub-path LCR and select LCR as
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the Path format. Click in channel 1 in the LCR
row to map the path.
Select the LCRS path, click New Sub-Path, and
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create a stereo sub-path for front Left and front
Right.
Select the LCRS path, click New Sub-Path, and
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create a mono sub-path for the Center channel.
Select the LCRS path, click New Sub-Path,
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and create a mono sub-path for the Surround
channel.
5.1 Tracks, Formats, Mapping, 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 704 .
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 re-map channels in a path:
Click and drag a channel to a new valid loca-
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tion in the Grid. Other channel assignments
will move (shuffle) to accommodate dragged
channels.
Default I/O Selectors in I/O
Setup
The Output tab of the I/O Setup dialog provides
the following default settings for multichannel
sessions:
Default Path Order
Default selectors in the I/O Setup dialog
Default Path Order Selects the default track lay-
out (or, path order) for new 5.1 format (six-
channel) paths.
Chapter 31: Pro Tools Setup for Surround (Pro Tools HD Only)
I/O Setup Options
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