User Manual

Using Clip Volume and Pan Mode
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3. In the Audio Mixer tool, select the audio track to be adjusted by doing one of the following:
t Click the Track Selection button for the appropriate audio track.
t Alt+click (Windows) or Option+click (Macintosh) the Track Selection button, and then
select a track.
4. With the Audio Mixer tool active, use any playback method (such as the J-K-L keys on the
keyboard) to play, shuttle, or step through the audio to check for necessary pan adjustments.
5. (Option) If you are working with a stereo track, click the Stereo Link button if you want to
link the two Pan controls so that when you move one control the other moves
correspondingly. You can also click the Stereo Mirror button so that the two Pan controls
mirror each other as you adjust them.
6. Click the Pan Location cursor and drag it to adjust pan.
Using the Advanced Panner for Surround Sound Panning
The controls in the Advanced Panner provide different ways to pan mono and stereo tracks in
your surround sound sequence:
• You can use the Pan Location cursor in the X/Y Grid to pan audio to any position in the
surround sound mix.
• You can use the Position controls to pan in straight lines — moving the Pan Location cursor
to the front, rear, and front-rear position — and to pan discretely between pairs of speakers.
For example, when panning left front to right rear with the Position controls, you hear audio
from just those two speakers. By comparison, when panning in the X/Y Grid, a diagonal pan
might result in audio being heard in some or all channels. The difference is that the Position
controls pan discretely between the front and rear positions of the panning trajectory, while the
X/Y Grid panning takes place in the full surround sound panning grid.
To pan using the X/Y Grid:
1. Select Tools > Audio Mixer.
The Audio Mixer tool opens.
2. Select Clip Volume and Pan mode by doing one of the following:
t Click and hold the Audio Mixer mode button, and select Auto Mode from the menu.
t Click the Audio Mixer mode button and cycle through the Audio Mixer mode settings to
Auto.
3. In the Audio Mixer tool, select the audio track to be adjusted by doing one of the following:
t Click the Track Selection button for the appropriate audio track.
t Alt+click (Windows) or Option+click (Macintosh) the Track Selection button, and then
select a track.