System information
Adjusting the center channel trim level
1.
Deselect the Automation Settings button on the track or bus you want to adjust.
2.
Double-click the surround panner on the track. The Surround Panner window is displayed.
3. Drag the Center fader to boost or attenuate the volume of the center channel. When the fader is set
to 0.0 dB, no gain is applied.
The Center fader is not displayed if the center channel is muted. Click the center channel icon
to unmute the channel.
Automating the center channel level with keyframes
1.
Select the Automation Settings button on the track or bus you want to adjust.
2.
Double-click the surround panner on the track. The Surround Panner window is displayed.
3. Select a keyframe to adjust its center channel level or click to position the cursor where you want to
create a new keyframe.
4. Drag the Center fader to boost or attenuate the volume of the center channel. When the fader is set
to 0.0 dB, no gain is applied. The fader thumb is displayed as a in automation mode.
The Center fader is not displayed if the center channel is muted. Click the center channel icon
to unmute the channel.
Panning a track or bus
You can perform surround panning in two ways:
n Pan tracks individually using the Surround Panner window.
n Route tracks to channel strips in the Mixing Console (busses or assignable effect chains) and pan
the channel strips using the Surround Panner window. For more information, see "Assigning Tracks
to Busses" on page 335. From the View menu, choose Show Bus Tracks to display bus tracks at the
bottom of the track view.
When a track is routed to a bus other than the surround master, you can use the Pan slider on the
track header to adjust the stereo track's contribution to the surround panner on the bus.
The surround panner can function as a trim control that adjusts the overall panning of the track, or it can
adjust track panning automation settings. Click the Automation Settings button in the track or bus and
select Automation Settings to adjust surround panning keyframes, or deselect the command to adjust trim
levels.
The trim level is added to the pan automation settings so your keyframes are preserved, but with a boost or
cut applied. For example, setting the trim control to -9% left has the same effect as moving every keyframe
9% to the left.
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