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5.Click OK.
The track list and Mixer window switch to 5.1 surround mode. The Master bus becomes the Surround Master bus, which contains faders for each of the six surround channels. Surround panners appear on tracks and mixer controls. Tracks routed to mixer controls (busses or assignable effects) do not have surround panners; panning for these tracks takes place on the mixer control.
Track list in 5.1 surround mode | Mixer in 5.1 surround mode |
Surround panner
Track routed to LFE
Track routed to Bus
Front L/R | Rear L/R Center LFE | Surround panners |
Routing to hardware in the mixer
You must route the surround audio to the correct output in the mixer.
1.From the Options menu, choose Preferences.
2.Click the Audio tab.
3.From the Audio device type
(such as Windows Classic Wave Driver).
4.Choose the playback devices for the six surround channels:
•From the Default Stereo and Front playback device
•From the Default Rear playback device
•From the Default Center and LFE playback device
5.Click OK.
Overriding the default device routing
By setting up the device routing in the Audio tab of the Preferences dialog, you have set the defaults for surround routing. However, you can override the default device routing at any time using the Surround Master bus in the Mixer window.
1.In the Mixer window, click the Audio Device Selector button (
) on the Surround Master bus. A menu of surround channels (Front L/R, Rear L/R, and Center/LFE) appears.
2.In the submenu, match a surround pair with the appropriate output.
3.Repeat steps one and two to match each surround pair to the appropriate output.
CHP. 12 | WORKING WITH 5.1 SURROUND |