M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 998)

Pro Tools Reference Guide 980
Pro Tools track layout of 5.1 format audio tracks
in the Edit window also conforms to the Film
layout (arranged top to bottom). See the illustra-
tion “5.1 Track Layouts, Routing, and Metering”
on page 981
.
In the I/O Setup dialog, you can route these sig-
nals out of your audio interfaces according to
any track layout (such as DTS or SMPTE/ITU).
To re-map channels in a path:
„ Drag a channel to a new valid location in the
Grid. Other channel assignments will move
(shuffle) to accommodate dragged channels.
Default I/O Selectors in I/O
Setup
The Output page of the I/O Setup dialog pro-
vides selectors for setting I/O defaults in your
multichannel sessions.
Default Path Order Selects the default track lay-
out (or, path order) for new 5.1 format (six-
channel) paths.
Controller Meter Path Selects the path that will
be shown in Digidesign control surface output
meters. See “5.1 Tracks, Formats, Mapping, and
Metering” on page 979 for more information.
Audition Paths Selects the monitoring path for
previewing audio in the Region List, Import Au-
dio dialogs, and DigiBase. Only outputs on your
primary interface can be used as your Audition
path.
New Track Default Output Selects the default
output path for all new tracks, for each sup-
ported track format.
AFL/PFL Path Selects where tracks are routed to
when they are soloed in AFL (After Fader Listen)
or PFL (Pre Fader Listen) Solo mode.
AFL/PFL Mutes (Output Path) Selects which out-
put is muted when AFL (After Fader Listen) or
PFL (Pre Fader Listen) Solo mode is enabled, and
a track is soloed.
Default Path Order for 5.1 Tracks
You can specify the default track layout for all
new 5.1 format paths you create.
To choose a new default 5.1-format path order
(track layout):
1 Choose Setup > I/O.
2 Click the Output tab.
3 Use the 5.1 Default Path Order setting to select
the track layout you want (Film, SMPTE/ITU, or
DTS/ProControl Monitoring
.
Default selectors in the I/O Setup dialog
Default Path Order I/O Setup Options
The New Track Default Output can be set to
bus paths, as well as output paths.