Pro Tools:Surround sound setup

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a very basic Pro Tools surround setup using 5.1 settings as an example.This example can and should be modified to your personal needs.

Open the I/O setup. Go to the Setup menu then I/O



Go  to the Output menu and create a new path by clicking the new  path  button (image below). Then make the new path a surround output  assignment by clicking on the box to the right of its name (image   below). For our example we will use 5.1



Assign the outputs of the new surround path by simply clicking on the first one in the line up (image below).



The result should look like the image below.



Now  choose a channel strip in the mixer window and set the output to your   surround channel path. (image below). Then if you want to open the  surround panning interface click on the small icon to the right of the   channel output display. (image below).