Making Tracks: Surround in Pro Tools LE and M-Powered

Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Brian Smithers

5.1 AND BEYOND WITH NEYRNCK MIX 51

BONUS MATERIAL
Clever Compression and Mix 51 Migration

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Step 1: Prepare your session by creating three main stereo paths with SMPTE path order: L/R, C/LFE, and Ls/Rs.

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Step 2: Insert the Mix 51 Surround Mixer plug-in on any track.

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Step 3: Create seven stereo aux inputs, and assign their inputs from the surround mixer. Name the aux tracks.

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Step 4: Assign the outputs of the aux tracks to the main output paths you created, and assign them to main L/R and main Ls/Rs.

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Step 5: Insert a Mix 51 Surround Panner plug-in on all audio, aux, and instrument tracks you want to pan in surround.

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Step 6: Insert matching delay plug-ins on the two Delay auxes and matching reverb plug-ins on the two Reverb auxes.