I was wondering (since there's no 5.1 version) if the correct way to use the Basehead Rewire Plugin in ProTools to audition 5.1 files is the following:
1) Add a multi-mono Rewire plugin on an 5.1 aux track
2) disable the Master Link Button
3) select each channel with the channel selector and choose Front L for L, Front R for R and so on.
Thanks in advance
Dario
Not 100% certain myself as I don't use PT or have a 5.1 system to worry about but keep in mind Basehead is not designed to be a flexible multi-channel "audio source" like a DAW is, it's a database management application with a preview player built in. I'm not sure it was ever designed with the intent to stream multi-channel audio to a DAW but rather allow a simple mixdown preview of audio before importing it to the timeline and testing in a surround environment. Handling of surround files for sound design is still very new in the scheme of things.
Yes I know 😉 I've been a beta-tester for BH since 2016.
Anyway if anyone wants to use it like I do, it is very useful to preview in 5.1 in the mixing stage.
Thanks for the quick answer Jason
Hi Dario! Doing the same like you to send audio from Basehead to ProTools, but I only can receive 4 channels in a 5.1 aux track, and I'm working in film order (LCRLsRs) in BH and PT. Are you receiving ok the 6 discrete channels?
Thanks
I think I did. I've been using SourceNexus from the beginning but I tried ReWire just for testing purpose. I'm not at my studio at the moment but as soon as I get there I'll try that and let you know 👍
Great!
Thanks
