Specifications

ptg
127
Understanding Audio Level and Pan
When monitoring pan values, you have several ways to measure the left
and right channels:
Most common scenarios:
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The left channel is panned 100 percent left and the right channel is
panned 100 percent right.
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Both channels are panned to the middle (MID) at 50 percent.
Less common scenario:
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The left and right channels are panned at some other percentage
besides 100 percent or 50 percent.
Practice Your Skills
1. Click the triangle to the left of the Chapter Exercise Material folder to
open it.
2. Click the triangle to the left of the Chapter 5 folder. You will use this
folder for the exercises in this chapter. (The folder includes two bins:
_Sequences Chap 5 and Audio Chap 5.)
3. Open the Audio Chap 5 bin, and open the Tony interview 1 clip into
the Source monitor.
4. Open the Audio tool by pressing Ctrl+1 (Windows) or Command+1
(Macintosh).
5. Play the clip of Tony’s interview. Ask yourself the following questions:
 Is the audio peaking properly between -20 dB and -14 dB (analog)
or 0 dB and +6 dB (digital)?
 Is the audio level consistent throughout the clip? If not, how much
does it vary?
 How are the left and right audio channels registering? Are the
levels of the left and right channels displayed as two independent
audio levels, indicated by different levels, or are they displaying the
same level?
6. Open the Yo-el interview 1 clip into the Source monitor, and repeat
step 5.
Remember your observations, because in the next exercise, you will use
the Audio Mixer tool to adjust level and pan for these clips.
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