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Good afternoon, I hope everyone is doing well.
I need to deliver a version of a TV episode with the following distribution of channels:
Channel 1 Main Stereo Left
Channel 2 Main Stereo Right
Channel 3 M&E / International Audio Stereo Left
Channel 4 M&E / Audio International Stereo Right
Channel 5 Main Front Left
Channel 6 Main Front Right
Channel 7 Main Center
Channel 8 Main LFE
Channel 9 Main Surround Left
Channel 10 Main Surround Right

The sound engineer has sent me each channel in mono (wav) format and I should add them to the timeline in that order. My idea is to create 10 mono tracks and place each audio track in its place and then in the export window select Output Track 1 ---- Timeline Track 1 and repeat this process for each of the tracks. This option would give me a file with 10 audio tracks.
My question is: is it as simple as that or do I have to make some kind of adjustment in the Fairlight tab so that the channels are mapped correctly?
Any suggestion is welcome. Thank you!

create two stereo tracks and. a 5.1 track (not 5.1 film)
unfold into mono tracks (convert to linked group)
drop in matching files
output timeline trk1, 3, 5

The Output Track on the Deliver page may be set to an "All Timeline Tracks" configuration if no additional processing or channel shuffling is required. The deliverable will contain 10 audio streams - one for Track.

If deliverable formatting is required with multiple streams, the Output Track may be configured with Busses as sources.

For example: Stereo Mix + IT + Discrete 5.1

Track 1 = STEREO MIX LEFT > Bus 1 = ST MIX
Track 2 = STEREO MIX RIGHT > Bus 1 = ST MIX

Track 3 = STEREO IT LEFT > Bus 2 = IT
Track 4 = STEREO IT RIGHT > Bus 2 = IT

Track 5 = 5.1 LEFT > Bus 3 = (Discrete) 5.1
Track 6 = 5.1 RIGHT > Bus 3 = (Discrete) 5.1
Track 7 = 5.1 CENTRE > Bus 3 = (Discrete) 5.1
Track 8 = 5.1 LFE > Bus 3 = (Discrete) 5.1
Track 9 = 5.1 LS > Bus 3 = (Discrete) 5.1
Track 10 = 5.1 RS > Bus 3 = (Discrete) 5.1

Fairlight menu > Link Group.
Select the 5.1 component channels and Link as "5.1" - this creates a single 5.1 Track in the Fairlight Mixer.


On the Deliver page specify each Buss as an Output Track to ensure the required allocation and channel ordering of the deliverable is met.


Depending on the deliverable format, deliverables may consist of a single container with three audio streams, or three audio files - one for each audio stream.