If you mixer gave you 1 audio file and not 6 separate channels containing your surround sound mix then use this wiki
AVID - How to Make a 1920 x 1080 Native 5.1 Surround Sound QuickTime Using Your Interleaved Surround Sound Mix - Use for DCP Screening
Make a New Bin to import your surround sound mix files | ||||||
Title the bin how you wish | ||||||
Go to >File>Input>Import Media | ||||||
Navigate to your files you would like to import Navigate to your audio files | ||||||
Click on Options | ||||||
Click on Options again | ||||||
Click on the Audio Tab and then click on "Edit" | ||||||
We need to change the Multichannel Audio to 5.1: Pro Tools: L C R Ls Rs Lfe (this doesn't make sense because the rest of the document uses SMPTE, but trust us...this is how you want to do this...at least in this version of Avid) | ||||||
Click OK here | ||||||
Uncheck all the boxes here EXCEPT Autodetect Broadcast Wave Monographic Groups | Navigate to your audio files | |||||
choose 23.98 here and click OK | ||||||
The track is importing here | ||||||
The file with A1-6 Tracks will be created | ||||||
When you load it into the source window the file will have a 5.1 icon on it shown here | ||||||
Create a new sequence and edit the 5.1 audio into the new timeline and then delete the other audio tracks that are automatically generated in the timeline | ||||||
delete the other audio tracks that are automatically generated in the timeline | ||||||
Edit the Video Track on to the existing timeline that contains the 5.1 audio. Check the Sync of the entire movie before exporting | ||||||
Next go to >Tools Audio Mixer | ||||||
Change these audio mixer settings for the timeline | ||||||
Make sure the timeline is set to 5.1 Sequence | ||||||
Go to Audio Settings | ||||||
Set the Display Channel order to SMPTE | ||||||
Go to >File>Output>Export to File | ||||||
Click on Options | Click on the Audio Format Tab Change the QT Audio Option to 5.1 Click OK | Click on the Video Format Tab now and we'll set up the Video Format Click on Custom Button Make sure Video and Audio button is selected | ||||
Select the Apple ProRes 422 Codec Compression | ||||||
Perform the export choose Choose MXF OP1a Video Compression DNxHD HQ Mix is 5.1 Make sure Interleaved is checked | ||||||
Choose a place to save the file choose And Choose Save | ||||||
To check the file open your AVID project in one of the CMB STUDIOS And link your QT you just exported and | ||||||
Next go to >Tools Audio Mixer | ||||||
Change these audio mixer settings for the timelineMake sure the timeline is set to 5.1 Sequence | ||||||
Set the studio setting to be Direct Surround tracks in EXT order This works to play surround in the studios follow this to setup the touch panel How to Test a 5.1 QuickTime Movie in Surround Sound in Moody College |
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