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Open Focusrite Control if you haven't already

Click on Output Routing

Click on >File Load Snapshot

Go to >Tempstorage>

Templates>Focusrite surround sound setup.ff


Click Open

Note in case it's lost here are the settings for

outputs 3-8

Open audio midi setup and choose 


Configure Speakers

Choose Configuration 5.1 Surround


>Focusrite Thunderbolt and 5.1 surround config


Each speaker output should send a signal to this cable 

Choose Apply and >Done

Next open protools ultimate to get 8 channels output
Set playback engine to 

Set to Focusrite Thunderbolt

Then Import the surround sound template for the input and the output

Choose 


Import Settings

Choose >tempstorage>Templates> UT RTF Default .pio

Choose NO here

Click OK

>Go to >Setup>Hardware

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Set it to Focusrite Thunderbolt

Click OK

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Click on >Setup>I/O

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Click on the 5.1 path order and make sure the L, R, C, LFE, Ls and Rs are selected

NOTE IF YOU DON'T SEE 5.1 OPTIONS YOU ARE NOT IN PROTOOLS ULTIMATE CHECK ILOK TO MAKE SURE

YOU HAVE A LICENSE ACTIVE

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Select all the ouputs and delete them.

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After all the outputs are selected click delete path

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Click Delete

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Click on "New Path"

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Choose to create 1 new track 5.1 and path = Output

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The channels will auto populate

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Click OK to Apply

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Go to >Track>New

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Create a mono track and create some pink noise on the track to test

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On the new track select a span of the clip to create the white noise on

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Go to AudioSuite>Other>Signal Generator

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Choose Pink Noise

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Make sure the Output is Yellow and set to Output 5.1 output

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Go To >Window> Mix or click "command ="

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In the mix window on the track with the 5.1 output you will see the "Multi Channel" Panner window Drag the dot to each corner to test the output of the system should hear the correct panning for left, right LS and RS  NOTE IF THE OUTPUTS ARE WHITE THEN THIS WONT WORK THE OUTPUTS HAVE TO BE YELLOW TO GET THE MULTI CHANNEL PANNER TO WORK

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To see the Multichannel fader larger click on the mini fader

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This will open the surround window

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Note to check LFE

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Go to Output> OutputLFE You will have to turn up the volume on the crestron to make sure you can hear the LFE on the test

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