Chapter 2: Installing Control 24 21
Surround Monitoring Mode
Connections
Control 24 supports multi-channel Surround
monitoring modes to feed four-channel (LCRS)
or six-channel (5.1) monitoring systems.
For details about Pro Tools surround mixing for-
mats (including LCRS and 5.1 formats) see the
Pro Tools Reference Guide. After you become fa-
miliar with the Pro Tools concepts of I/O Setup,
main and sub-paths, and track layouts (channel
mapping), use the following sections to connect
Control 24 as appropriate.
5.1 Format Surround Monitoring
and I/O Setup in Pro Tools
Pro Tools provides preset I/O Setup settings files
for three 5.1 surround formats. The different 5.1
format presets are:
Film (L C R Ls Rs LFE)
SMPTE/ITU (L R C LFE Ls Rs)
DTS (L R Ls Rs C LFE)
You can choose a 5.1 format when you create a
new session. You can reconfigure multi-channel
paths in the current session using the I/O Setup
dialog in Pro Tools.
Control 24 surround monitoring for 5.1 follows
the SMPTE/ITU track layout:
L R C LFE Ls Rs
When your Pro Tools Output paths are
SMPTE/ITU layout, audio interface outputs 1-6
can be patched directly to the corresponding
channels on the Control 24 Pro Tools Monitor
Input DB-25, as shown below.
5.1 Surround Monitoring and
Control Room Options
The Control Room section provides level, source
in/out, and solo/mute controls for individual
channels, channel pairs, and other surround
monitoring signals. If mixing using Film or DTS
Output path mapping, your Pro Tools audio in-
terface outputs must be patched to the appropri-
ate Control 24 input channels in order to main-
tain the proper signal bussing for the Control
Room Monitoring section.
Use the following tables to determine how you
should connect your audio interface outputs to
Control 24 inputs for surround monitoring in
each format.
For more information, see the Pro Tools
Reference Guide.
Figure 2. Surround monitoring inputs from Pro Tools
when mixing using SMPTE/ITU track layout
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ANALOG
AES/EBU
S/PDIF
SYNC MODE
INTERNAL
DIGITAL
SLAVE
SAMPLE RATE
44.1 kHz
48 kHz
1-2 FORMAT
AES/EBU
S/PDIF
ANALOG
AES/EBU
ANALOG
AES/EBU
ANALOG
AES/EBU
INPUT TRIM OUTPUT TRIM
CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 CH 5 CH 6 CH 7 CH 8 CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 CH 5 CH 6 CH 7 CH 8
Pro
Tools
Source Input
888 Outputs
L R C S LsRs
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