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Use the Binaural Panner
The Binaural Panner is available when Surround is selected in the Advanced
preferences pane.
By setting the channel strip’s output to Binaural, you can use the Binaural Panner to position
the signals on the panning plane. The signal that results from using the Binaural Panner is best
suited for headphone playback. You can, however, process the Binaural Panner output using
the Binaural Post-Processing plug-in, which allows you to play back the binaural pan eect
through loudspeakers.
You control the panning eect in the Binaural Panner by positioning the panning pucks on the
panning plane at the top of the window, and by adjusting some additional parameters. These are
the window’s main elements:
Pucks
Panning plane
3D image
Size field
Mode buttons
Doppler button
Click to show the Extended
parameters.
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Angle, Elevation, Distance: Information elds that adjust automatically when changes are made
to the puck positions.
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Spread: Information eld that adjusts automatically when changes are made to the puck
positions. You can also interact directly with it by dragging its numerical value. (Making
changes here also aects the left and right puck positions.)
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Panning plane: Area for positioning the signals—using the pucks—in the stereo image.
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Pucks: Used for positioning the signals on the panning plane—pan and direction.
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3D image: Represents the resulting position of the audio signal. This is purely a visual aid, and
cannot be interacted with directly.
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Mode buttons: Determine the virtual shape of the panning plane, which can be planar
or spherical.
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Size eld: Determines the size of the plane or sphere, expressed as the radius of the
circular plane.
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Doppler button: Turns on or o the Doppler eect—a change in the pitch of a signal perceived
by a person who is moving relative to the source of the signal.
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Extended parameters: Click the disclosure triangle to reveal additional parameters for
headphone playback and Planar mode.