User Manual

Working with Surround Sound Audio
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For example, if your sequence uses the 5.1 Film surround sound format, but your studio has two
stereo speakers, the Avid editing application mixes down your six audio tracks to the following
monitoring layout:
Sequence format Speaker Layout
Mono Mono: Audio channels panned to center
Stereo Mono: L and R channels panned to center
Stereo: L and R channels panned to Left/Right
5.1 Mono: All channels panned to center
Stereo: C and LFE channels panned to center; L and R channels panned to
Left/Right; Lr and Rr channels panned to Left/Right and volume lowered by 3dB
5.1: All channels panned to the appropriate speakers, depending on 5.1 format of
the sequence
7.1: C, L, R, Lsr, Rsr, and LFE channels panned to appropriate speakers; Lss and
Rss channels are not used
7.1 Mono: All channels panned to center
Stereo: C and LFE channels panned to center; L and R channels panned to
Left/Right; Lsr, Rsr, Lss, and Rss channels panned to Left/Right and volume
lowered by 3dB
5.1: C, L, R, Lsr, Rsr, and LFE channels panned to appropriate speakers; Lss and
Rss channels panned to center of the Left/Left Rear and Right/Right Rear speaker
pair
7.1: All channels panned to the appropriate speakers