Specifications

Chapter 33: Surround Panning and Mixing 531
2 Drag the pan cursor, or click anywhere in the
Grid and drag to pan the track. The location of
the pan cursor determines the pan position of
the signal. For example, to pan something to the
left rear speaker, move the pan cursor to the
lower-left corner of the Grid.
To snap the pan cursor to a location in the Grid:
■ Hold down the Control key and click any-
where in the X/Y Grid.
Grid Options and Shortcuts
Fine-Adjust Mode Hold down the Control key
(Windows) or Command key (Macintosh) for
fine adjustment of all Panner controls.
Constraining to X or Y Movement Shift-drag the
pan cursor dot to constrain its movement to the
X or Y direction.
Reset to Default Alt-click (Windows) or Option-
click (Macintosh) in the Panner Grid to reset all
controls to their default position.
Snap To a Speaker in the Grid Click a speaker
icon to force the panner to that speaker loca-
tion.
Display Automation in Edit Window Control-
Start-click (Windows) or Command-Control-
click (Macintosh) a control to display that con-
trol’s playlist in the Edit window.
It is not necessary to click exactly on the pan
cursor. Clicking anywhere in the Grid will
move the pan cursor relative to where you
click or take over with a hardware panner.
Panning does not jump to the click position.
X/Y Panning
All pan controls can be automated, includ-
ing pan position and divergence. See
Chapter 28, “Automation” for details.