Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 835)

50 Part I Audio Mixing
Configuring External Audio Monitors
The following section describes how to connect external audio speakers to your editing
system and how to make audio level adjustments in Final Cut Pro and Mac OS X.
Connecting Speakers to Your Editing System
When you add audio speakers to your editing system, you need to make sure that the
speakers are properly connected to your audio interface or built-in computer audio
output and that the interface is properly configured in Final Cut Pro.
To connect self-powered speakers to your computer:
m Connect the main left audio output of your audio interface to the left speaker, and
connect the main right audio output of your audio interface to the right speaker.
For more information about types of audio connectors and adapters, see Volume 1,
Chapter 12, “Connecting Professional Video and Audio Equipment.”
Monitoring 5.1-Channel Surround Sound
Final Cut Pro does not support multichannel surround sound mixing capabilities or
editing of speaker assignments, but you can configure your system to monitor certain
kinds of 5.1-channel surround sound audio files. If you have 5.1-channel surround sound
files that have been mixed in another audio application such as Soundtrack Pro, you
can import these files and then configure your audio outputs and hardware to monitor
in surround sound.
Important: A multichannel audio interface and speaker system with at least six
channels is required to monitor surround sound.
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to stereo bus
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to dual mono busses
Tracks 5 and 6 routed
to stereo bus
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