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X/Y Panning
To pan in X/Y mode:
1 Click on the Panning Mode button until the X/Y
mode icon is displayed.
2 Drag the Pan Location cursor, or click any-
where in the Grid and drag to pan the track. The
location of the Pan Location cursor determines
the pan position of the signal. For example, to
pan something to the left rear speaker, move the
Pan Location cursor to the lower-left corner of
the Grid.
To snap the Pan Location cursor to a location in
the Grid:
 Command-Shift-click (Mac) or Control-Shift-
click (Windows) at the location in the X/Y Grid.
Grid Options and Shortcuts
Fine-Adjust Mode Hold the Command key (Mac)
or Control key (Windows) for fine adjustment of
all Panner controls.
Constraining to X or Y Movement Shift-drag the
Pan Location cursor to constrain its movement to
the X or Y direction.
Reset to Default Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click
(Windows) in the Panner Grid to reset all controls
to their default position.
Snap Pan to Speaker Click one of the Snap Pan to
Speaker icons to force the panner to that speaker
location.
Display Automation in Edit Window Control-
Command-Control-click (Mac) or Start-click
(Windows) a control to display that control’s play-
list in the Edit window.
3-Knob Panning
Pro Tools provides 3-Knob mode as an additional
way to input pan moves.
3-Knob mode lets you do the following:
• Pan in straight lines, moving the Pan Location
cursor using the Position rotary knobs with full
movement of front, rear, and front-rear position
• Pan discretely between pairs of speakers.
For example, when panning front-left to rear-right
in 3-Knob mode, audio will be heard from just
those two speakers (assuming full divergence is in
effect).
By comparison, in X/Y mode a diagonal pan may
result in audio being heard in some or all channels.
It is not necessary to click exactly on the Pan
Location cursor. Clicking anywhere in the
Grid will move the Pan Location cursor rela-
tive to where you click or take over with a
hardware panner. Panning does not jump to
the click position.
All Pan controls can be automated, including
pan position and divergence. See Chapter 50,
“Automation” for details.
Panning and metering in 3-Knob mode
3-Knob trajectory
3-Knob mode