Hi,
If you had the “scan and import surround VST plugins” option enabled when you created the project, you should have some plugins with [5.1] configuration. The zPlugins at least are available in this configuration. These mappings allow you to process all six channels on one track.
When I setup a 5.1 Master output, all my tracks are only
routed to the left and right output. How can I assign the track output
to any of the other master outputs?
If you have a stereo plugin that you want to route into e.g. the back L+R channels on the master out, you can use busses. Your project should already have surround bus mappings. You need to create an additional bus send mapping:
On the project start page, locate the “Send 1 [Stereo]” mapping, right-click and select “New Copy…”. Rename the mapping to “Send 1 [Back Stereo]” (or anything you like), and change the “first channel” from 1 to 5. Any stereo track where you assign the “Send 1 [Back Stereo]” mapping will then be routed into the surround bus on the back stereo channels, and the surround bus 5.1 output will be routed to the 5.1 master output.
Of course, the use of busses for this purpose is not necessary if you have a 5.1 in/out plugin that can reroute input channels into any output channel. Come to think of it, that would be an obvious future addition to the zPlugins suite 😉
Frits
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