User Manual

Working with Surround Sound Audio
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To set up for an analog audio output:
1. Double-click Audio Project in the Settings tab of the Project window.
The Audio Project Settings window opens.
2. Click the Output tab.
3. Click the Analog tab.
4. Depending on your setup, select Use as Output to Tape Deck or Use as Desktop Surround
Monitors.
5. Click the Mix Mode Selection Menu button to select Direct Out.
6. If necessary, assign the tracks and channels through the Direct Out channel menu.
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If the sequence in the Timeline is multichannel or is direct out without being surround sound
audio, the four analog XLR outputs remain silent and only the left and right speakers are active.
Setting Up the Audio Output with HDMI (Avid Nitris DX and Avid Mojo DX
Only)
Avid supports two ways to configure your audio output, either 2-channel stereo speaker setup or
6-channel surround sound setup. To achieve the 6-channel surround sound setup, connect your
audio output through an High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connection.
HDMI carries both video and audio in an uncompressed, all-digital signal. HDMI is an interface
standard for audiovisual equipment such as high-definition television.
In order to use HDMI for audio, the HDMI device attached to your system must receive at least
two channels of PCM (uncompressed) audio at the project sample rate and receive 6 channels or
more of PCM audio.
If you send the HDMI output to a deck, the deck receives the channels in the Timeline in the
same order as the channels set in the Direct Out Channel map in the Audio Project Settings
window. If you configure your system for surround sound audio, the output is sent in the HDMI
standard channel order as shown in the following table.
XLR Channel 3 Left Rear
XLR Channel 4 Right Rear
Channel Speaker