Open your AVID Project

Make a New Bin to import your surround sound mix files

Title the bin how you wish

Link to the Surround Interleaved file that you received from the mixer

Go to >Tools>Source Browser>

The file will be a 5.1 Full Mix.wav file



Click on Link

The file will appear in the bin

Right click on that linked file in the bin and choose Modify > Modify Clip...
Choose Set Multichannel Audio from the drop down
Choose 5.1 SMPTE: L R C Lfe Ls Rs

When you load it into the source window the file will have a 5.1

icon on it shown here

Create a new sequence and edit the 5.1 audio into the new timeline and then delete the other audio tracks that are automatically generated in the timeline

delete the other audio tracks that are automatically generated in the timeline

Edit the 5.1 audio file into this new timeline

In the Grad Suites you need to set AVID to monitor 5.1 on

Source and Record Sides


Go to >Tools > Audio Mixer > 


Set both source and record to 5.1 and >5.1 SMPTE L, R, C, Lfe, Ls, Rs



On the top Left of the audio mixer 


On the top Right of the audio mixer set to 5.1

Set the Surround Monitor Controller to "B" and make sure all the surround buttons are pushed in.  To mute channels de press to hear certain channels to test your mix.

Dialog should be coming out of the Center channel - good test.