| Open Focusrite Control if you haven't already |
| Click on Output Routing |
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| Click on >File Load Snapshot |
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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
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Open audio midi setup and choose Configure Speakers
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Choose Configuration 5.1 Surround
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| Choose Apply and >Done |
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| Next open protools ultimate to get 8 channels output Set playback engine to |
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| Set to Focusrite Thunderbolt |
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| Then Import the surround sound template for the input and the output |
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Choose Import Settings |
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| Choose >tempstorage>Templates> UT RTF Default .pio |
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| Choose NO here |
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| Click OK |
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| >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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