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Choose 8 Channel Analogue
Note make sure that the Focusrite is synced to internal – Clock Source – Internal or else you won't hear anything coming out of the speakers
Click on Output Routing
Change Line outputs from stereo to mono do this for 3-4 and 5-6 and 7-8
Change so each channel is a single channel see that stereo is not selected anymore in framegrab below
Then change every output from 3 to 8 and need to set that to the
start with line output 3
Choose > Playback > Playback DAW – channel 1 example above
Output 4
Choose > Playback > Playback DAW – channel 2 example above
Output 5
Choose > Playback > Playback DAW – channel 3 example above
Output 6
Choose > Playback > Playback DAW – channel 4 example above
Output 7
Choose > Playback > Playback DAW – channel 5 example above
Output 8
Choose > Playback > Playback DAW – channel 6 example above
Continue through channels till you get to Line output 8 that should be set to 6
Playback DAW 2 for Line output 4 and so on till you get 6 channels out
Open audio midi setup and
>Focusrite Thunderbolt and 5.1 surround config
Each speaker output should send a signal to this cable
Next open protools ultimate to get 8 channels output
Set playback engine to
Set to Focusrite Thunderbolt
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