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Mix 51 Surround Panning and
Mixing plug-in for Pro Tools™
Plug-In Users Guide
Version 1.1 for Pro Tools HD/LE/M-Powered
Systems on Macintosh OS X and Windows XP
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Table Of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome System Requirements Important Latency Information Chapter 2 Installation Installing Mix 51 Authorizing Mix 51 Removing Expired Plug-Ins Chapter 3 Quick Start Guide Chapter 4 Surround Mixer Plug-In Overview Connecting the Outputs Description and Use Of Controls Chapter 5 Surround Panner Plug-In Overview Panner Controls Chapter 6 LFE Send Plug-In Overview L
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Chapter 1 Introduction • Volume, mute, and solo automation compatible with Pro Welcome To Mix 51 Tools HD systems version 7.2 and later. Mix 51 is a suite of 5.1 surround • Output level metering. panning and mixing plug-ins for Pro • Outputs conveniently appear as Tools LE and M-Powered systems track “plug-in” inputs with six or more outputs such as • Stereo LtRt Downmix output that Mbox 2 Pro, 002, 003, and M-Audio is compati
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such as 002, 003, or Mbox 2 Pro the Pro Tools H/W Buffer Size is set or a stereo interface connected to to 512, the latency is 512/48000 = a 5.1 Pro Logic II decoding 10.6 ms at 48 kHz sample rate. To system. set the H/W Buffer Size, open the Playback Engine dialog and set the control labeled H/W Buffer Size. Important Latency Information Mix 51 uses the host CPU to perform Important Pro Logic II Monitoring the surround panning and mixing. It Information introduces latency that is
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Chapter 2 Installation computer when using Pro Tools. The iLok authorization needs to be Installing Mix 51 obtained online and downloaded onto your iLok USB Key. You will Installers can be downloaded from need an iLok.com account to the Neyrinck website complete the process. If you do not (www.neyrinck.com) yet have an ilok.com account, visit www.ilok.com to set up an account Installation steps are essentially the for free.
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Chapter 3 Quick Start Guide Right. This picture shows an Overview example I/O Setup using the SMPTE This section guides you through recommended ordering; steps to create a Pro Tools session that will pan one audio track to a 5.1 main bus and a quad reverb effect send which will be monitored out six channels of your Pro Tools system. When finished, your Pro Tools Mixer Window should look similar to this: New Session Create
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purpose is to provide outputs that we will see. can be routed into other tracks, as Connect The Outputs Review The Session Create five stereo auxiliary tracks Now you are ready to use the Mix 51 and change the track names to: system. Check the Pro Tools Mixer Dialog Front, Dialog C LFE, Dialog Window and make sure that it is set Rear, Reverb Front, and Reverb up the same as the picture at the Rear, respectively. Then set the start of this section. When you track outputs to Front, C
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Chapter 4 Surround Mixer Plug-In Overview The Surround Mixer is implemented as an RTAS plug-in and can be placed on any mono or stereo track. Because a single instance of the Surround Mixer plug-in manages all Mix 51 surround inputs and outputs in a Pro Tools session, it is not necessary to insert more than one Surround Mixer. Because its inputs come from Surround Panner plug-ins and its outputs appear as Pro Tools track inputs,
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Type” feature of Pro Tools. Use the Description and Use Of option-click (OS X) or alt-click Controls (WinXP) to reset the faders to unity The Surround Mixer user interface gain. Also, holding down the provides master output control of the command/apple key (OS X) or the three 5.1 busses and three quad- control key (WinXP) will allow for send busses. Each bus has volume, fine-tuned adjustments. mute, and solo controls. Mute/Solo Surround Mixer Controls – Default Use the mute b
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Chapter 5 Surround Panner Plug-In the Send Buses using the Send Bus Overview popup menu. Choose “off” if you The Surround Panner plug-in donʼt want the signal to be sent to operates as an RTAS plug-in on any of the Send buses. mono and stereo tracks. It will simultaneously pan to one of the 5.1 Volume/Send Faders channel main busses and to one of Use the volume fader to adjust the the quad-channel effect send track level into t
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The mute buttons will silence the between the left and right outputs, trackʼs contribution to the main bus with none going to the center output. and/or send bus you have chosen. In contrast, a center % of 100 means The solo button will only allow the that a center panned signal will be audio through for this track and any completely in the center output, with other soloed tracks. If you want other none going to the left or right tracks coming through the Mix 51 outputs. Less than 100 means
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channel only, you should use the LFE panner plug-in. Default/Fine-Tune Opt-click (OS X) or alt-click (WinXP) to reset any control to the default position. Hold down the cmd key (OS X) or the control key (WinXP) to perform fine-tuned adjustments.
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Chapter 6 LFE Send Plug-In Overview The LFE Send plug-in operates as an RTAS plug-in in mono or multi- mono for stereo tracks. Its purpose is to allow you to send a track directly to the LFE channel without having to also mix the signal into the main L/C/R/Ls/Rs outputs. Like the Panner, the Mix 51 LFE Send plug-in does not output any audio to the normal Pro Tools mixer channel. By using the “bypass” button the LFE Send will
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Chapter 7 Automation Overview All of the Mix 51 parameters can be automated using standard Pro Tools plug-in automation. Click the “auto” button in the Mix 51 plug-in window header and add the controls you would like to be automated. When the track is in “write” mode (or other modes which write/update automation) you should see a red box drawn around any controls you have chosen to be automated. When you play back your session, any chang
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Panner with all controls in “write” automation enabled mode Thus, to migrate the Left-Right panning automation of Mix 51, you must copy it into the Front Position and Rear Position pan automation tracks of the Pro Tools panner. To do so, select the track automation for the Mix 51 Left-Right pan control and copy it. On the track you wish to copy this automation to (a track routed to a 5.1 output for instance), select the Front Position pan automation for that track and using “Paste S
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Chapter 8 Pro Logic™ II Movie Mode Monitoring the internet to learn more about Pro Overview Logic II. Mix 51 provides a stereo, matrix encoded, LtRt output that is Setup compatible with Dolby Pro Logic II To use this feature, create a stereo decoding systems. This allows you aux track, set its input to “LtRt to use a stereo Pro Tools LE system Downmix,” and set the output to your with a 5.1 home theater system for stereo interfac
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menu which shows the various Mix 51 outputs available (from each of the Main Bus outputs and Send Bus outputs). Panner or Mixer Not Getting any Signal The track must not be set to “no output”, or else the Mix 51 plug-ins will not receive any input signal (even if you donʼt want the main track to be routed anywhere, you need to have it go to an unused bus or perhaps a separate stereo output). Canʼt Send to LFE Without Also Mixing into Main Outputs Use the Mix 51 LFE Send plug-in for
