Specifications

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Multichannel Panning for Surround
You can use Artist Control or Artist Mix to pan in multichannel for surround sound.
Surround Panning on Artist Control
In surround sessions, the Touchscreen lets you use the Soft Encoders to pan tracks in surround.
To pan in surround using the Soft Encoders:
1 Press a track SEL key to select a track assigned to a multichannel path (such as a 5.1 output bus).
2 Press the PAN encoder. (If you want to pan a multi-channel send, press the SENDS encoder, then press
the encoder for the multi-channel send). Multichannel pan parameters such as divergence, pan, and cen-
ter percentage appear in the Soft Encoders.
3 Press the lit PAGE> key to show other available pan parameters.
4 Rotate an encoder to adjust the selected parameter.
5 To reset a panner to its default position, press the encoder for that parameter. (Be careful with the en-
coder for LFE; pressing it resets LFE send level to unity/0 dB.)
Surround Panning on Artist Mix
Artist Mix lets you use the encoders to control multichannel pan parameters.
To pan in surround:
1 Press a track SEL key to select a track assigned to a multichannel output path (such as a 5.1 or 7.1 output
path).
2 Press the PAN key.
3 Press the CHAN key. Multichannel pan parameters such as Front Left/Right, Front/Rear, divergence,
pan, and center percentage appear in the Soft Encoders.
4 Press the lit PAGE> key to show other available pan parameters.
5 Rotate an encoder to adjust the selected parameter.
6 To reset a parameter to its default setting, press the encoder for that parameter.
The Touchscreen surround panner is not fully supported at this time. Use the encoders instead as de-
scribed below.
As an alternative to using the encoders, hold
SHIFT and press the CHAN/FLIP key to flip pan controls to
the faders on Artist Mix. Press
FLIP again to return to encoders.
For more information about multichannel mixing, see the Pro Tools Reference Guide.