User Manual

Working with Surround Sound Audio

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Top: 5.1 Film sequence format; bottom: stereo speaker layout, with center pan indicated by the double arrow

In addition to monitoring your audio through your speakers, you can monitor surround sound

audio as it plays by watching the channel faders in the Audio Mix tool and in the Audio tool.

When playing a sequence in the Timeline, the Audio Mix tool matches the default 5.1 Film

surround sound format or the default 7.1 Pro Tools format. The channel faders in the Audio tool

match the format of the sequence mix (see “Assigning Surround Sound Mix Output” on

page 784).

Assigning Surround Sound Mix Output

You can set a surround sound mix output for any sequence in your project. This specifies how the

Avid editing application sends surround sound signals to your speakers and determines what you

hear when you monitor the audio in your sequence.

Your monitor mix output might differ from your sequence format. If you want to mix your audio

in a surround sound format but only have two stereo speakers connected to your system, you can

set your sequence format to surround sound and your mix output to stereo. If you need to mix

your sequence in stereo but you have configured your speakers for surround sound output, you

can set your sequence format to stereo and your mix output to surround sound. This ensures that

the Avid editing applications sends the correct signals of your stereo channels to your surround

sound speaker system.

To designate a surround sound mix output:

1. Select Tools > Audio Mixer.

The Audio Mixer tool opens.

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