Pro Tools - HDMI 5.1 Surround setup Crestron Studios and Classrooms


Crestron Touch panel

  1. Click home>Advanced>Surround Settings>Make sure surround settings are set to auto


Choose Surround Sound


  1. Make sure surround settings are set to auto

  1. Make sure the front panel of the decoder in the rack states HDMI and PCM – should look like this frame grab



Launch the Audio MIDI Setup tool. Click HDMI and Output > Choose 8ch-24 bit Integer



Choose Configure Speakers. Multichannel 5.1 Surround and set to these settings below. Click Apply.

Click Apply and Done and Close the Audio Midi Setup Tool.

Launch ProTools

Open a session

Check the Playback Engine> go to >Setup>Playback Engine

Make sure the HDMI output is selected and you will need to restart if it is not already selected

Click on >Setup>I/O

Click on the 5.1 path order and make sure the L, R, C, LFE, Ls and Rs are selected

Select all the ouputs and delete them.

After all the outputs are selected click delete path

Click Delete

Click on "New Path"

Choose to create 1 new track 5.1 and path = Output

The channels will auto populate

Click OK to Apply

Go to >Track>New

Create a mono track and create some pink noise on the track to test