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Chapter 9 Addandadjustaudio 201
 -3dB: Starts slowly and then moves quickly toward the end. This is the default
setting and is best for maintaining a natural volume when crossfading between
two adjacent clips.
Pan audio
Panning audio lets you distribute sound across the stereo or surround spectrum to
create balance or a special eect. For example, you can place more sound in the right
channel of a stereo clip or less sound in the center channel of a surround clip.
Final Cut Pro includes a built-in surround sound decoder that lets you choose among
several stereo and surround preset pan modes that you can apply to clips from the
Audio inspector. Using the pan mode presets, you can dynamically re-create surround
sound elds from stereo source content.
When you change the pan mode in the Audio inspector, the setting is applied to the
entire selection. To make more precise adjustments, you can add keyframes using the
Audio Animation Editor or the Audio inspector, and then make adjustments to them in
the Audio inspector.
Pan audio for stereo
1 Select the audio clip.
2 In the Audio inspector, choose Stereo Left/Right from the Pan Mode pop-up menu.
3 Move the sound left or right by doing one of the following:
Type a value in the Pan Amount eld. Â
Drag the Pan Amount slider left or right. Â
Pan audio for surround sound
1 Select the audio clip.
2 In the Audio inspector, choose one of the following options from the Pan Mode
pop-up menu:
 Create Space: Distributes the signal across the surround spectrum, with more signal
to the center and front left and right channels. This setting is useful for making
a general-purpose surround mix from any stereo source. The Pan Amount slider
setting can be adjusted from 0 (no eect) to 100 (total surround eld).
 Dialogue: Pans more signal to the center channel of the surround spectrum so that
the direct sound is in the center, while ambient sound is distributed to the other
channels. This setting is best used for voiceover or other dialogue clips. The Pan
Amount slider setting can be adjusted from 0 (no eect) to 100 (all sound to the
center channel).
 Music: Distributes a stereo mix signal evenly across the surround spectrum. This
setting is best used for converting stereo music to a surround mix. The Pan Amount
slider setting can be adjusted from 0 (no eect) to 100 (total surround eld).