Panning audio

You can pan audio in a 5.1 surround project in two ways:

•Pan tracks individually using the Surround Panner window.

•Route tracks to mixer controls (busses, assignable effect chains, or soft synths) and pan the mixer controls using the Surround Panner window.

Note: You cannot pan audio on tracks or busses that are routed to hardware outputs in a 5.1 surround project.

Panning tracks

1.Deselect the Automation Settings button ( ) on the track you want to pan.

2.Double-click the surround panner on the track you wish to pan. The Surround Panner window appears.

Double-click to display the Surround Panner window

3.Adjust the panning settings. For more information, see Using the Surround Panner window on page 240.

4.Close the Surround Panner window.

Tip: You can also use the surround panner in the track header to pan your track.

Panning mixer controls

You may choose to route tracks to busses or other mixer controls (such as soft synths or assignable effect chains) and pan them as a group rather than panning each track individually.

Note: When you route a track to a bus or soft synth control, stereo (two-channel) output is sent to the mixer control and the mixer control sends 5.1 (six-channel) output to the Master bus.

1.Add a mixer control to the project. For more information, see Using the Mixing Console on page 151.

2.Route tracks to the mixer control. For more information, see Assigning tracks to busses on page 111.

3.Double-click the surround panner on the mixer control to display the Surround Panner window.

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