Hi,
I believe you can set up a 7:1 surround sound project and work on 8 channel
sounds files in that. Should work as long as you are just doing simple mixing
and are careful about what effects and plugins you apply.
But once working on non-standard multichannel configurations and using surround
If you're just doing simple cut-and-paste editing (ie: not generating new
multichannel data using multichannel panning etc), you could just work in
multiple mono tracks and then use something like Scott Wilson's free little
De-Interleaver app to pull apart and put together multichannel files.
