Set the channel strip output format – Apple Logic Pro X User Manual
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Surround in Logic Pro X
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Choose the channel strip input format
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Click-hold the button directly below the EQ graphic on the channel strip, then choose an input
format from the pop-up menu.
Set the channel strip output format
Logic Pro X can automatically determine the output format of specific channel strip types. You
can override the automatic choices by manually setting the output; otherwise, the channel strip
output formats follow these rules:
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Audio channel strips: The channel strip of an empty audio track is automatically set to the
format of the first audio file added to it. If you add an audio file to a track assigned to a
different output format (adding a stereo file to a track routed to a surround output, for
example), the audio file is automatically upmixed or downmixed to match the output format
of the channel strip.
Note: The highest possible surround format is determined by the project surround format. See
Set the project surround format
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Instrument channel strips: Instrument channel strips automatically adopt the channel format of
the inserted instrument.
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If you insert a stereo instrument, the channel strip output will be stereo.
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If you insert a surround instance of a software instrument (ES2 or Sculpture, for example),
the channel strip output will match the project surround format.
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Aux channel strips: Automatically created aux channel strips adopt the format of their input
source (if a stereo channel is routed to an aux channel strip, the aux will be stereo). If you
manually change the output format of an aux channel strip, Logic Pro automatically:
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Inserts a Surround Balancer or a mono/stereo to surround panner, if you are changing
the output of an aux from mono to stereo or mono/stereo to surround. See
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Downmixes the signal to the required format.
If you don’t want to work with the automatic settings, you can manually set the output of all
audio, instrument, aux, and output channel strips to the chosen project surround format.