• Adobe Premiere Pro

  How to achieve 5.1 audio out on an iMac?

  Posted by David Payne on January 7, 2017 at 8:15 pm

  Thinking of buying a new iMac but I can’t seem to find any definitive answer about how to achieve 5.1 output in premiere as I currently do on my pc.

  I even saw a video on YouTube where a guy used a 3.5 to optical cable (!) to easily achieve 5.1 from his imac which I assume can’t be right!

  David Payne replied 9 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Tero Ahlfors

  January 8, 2017 at 1:39 am

  You need an external audio or I/O device that can output 5.1. Then set it up in the audio hardware preferences.
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  David Payne

  January 8, 2017 at 7:44 am

  Can you recommend a particular one? Does this connect with USB? Would speakers connect directly to it or do I then have to optical out to my existing surround sound kit?
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  David Payne

  January 9, 2017 at 12:29 pm

  anyone?

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