Specifications

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3 In the TL AutoPan Plug-In window, enable
Link To Tempo. This sets the LFO rate to follow
the session tempo.
4 Select the desired duration from the Duration
selector. For example, select 2 Beats.
5 Select the desired waveform for the LFO from
the Waveform selector. For example, select 4
Step Triangle.
6 Enable Beat Clock for the LFO Trigger. This
ensures that the LFO is synchronized to the beat.
7 Play back the session to hear the panning ef-
fect.
Post Production Panning
(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete
Production Toolkit Only)
TL AutoPan lets you pan a mono track to a
greater than stereo (LCR, Quad, or 5.0) output
in a surround path. This is especially useful for
post-production applications. The following ex-
ample describes how to use TL AutoPan to pan a
“mosquito” sound in 5.0 surround.
To pan a mono track to 5.0 with TL AutoPan:
1 Insert a mono-to-5.0 instance of TL AutoPan
on the mono track containing the audio you
want to pan. The track’s channel width changes
from mono-to-5.0.
2 Select a 5.0 output path from the track’s Out-
put selector.
3 In the TL AutoPan Plug-In window, select a
clockwise or counter-clockwise Path as desired.
4 Adjust the Spread and Width sliders as de-
sired.
5 From the LFO Waveform selector, select Half
Sine.
6 Adjust the Rate slider as desired.
7 Play back the session to hear the “mosquito”
flying around your head.
Using the Side-Chain Input
The Side-Chain Input option in TL AutoPan lets
you direct audio from another track in your
Pro Tools session to the Envelope Detector. This
is achieved by sending the audio from the de-
sired channel to a bus and setting the side-chain
input on TL AutoPan to the same bus.
Try automating Spread and Width to alter
the positioning of the panned sound.
Try automating the Manual control instead
of using the LFO to create a more erratic
panning of the “mosquito” sound.
Try automating Rate to alter the speed of the
panned sound over time.
For more information on using the Side-
Chain Input, see the Pro Tools Guide.