Specifications

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To snap the Pan Location cursor to a location in
the Grid:
 Control-Shift-click (Windows) or Command-
Shift-click (Mac) at the desired location in the
X/Y Grid.
Grid Options and Shortcuts
Fine-Adjust Mode Hold down the Control key
(Windows) or Command key (Mac) for fine ad-
justment of all Panner controls.
Constraining to X or Y Movement Shift-drag the
Pan Location cursor to constrain its movement
to the X or Y direction.
Reset to Default Alt-click (Windows) or Option-
click (Mac) in the Panner Grid to reset all con-
trols to their default position.
Snap Pan to Speaker Click one of the Snap Pan
to Speaker icons to force the panner to that
speaker location.
Display Automation in Edit Window Control-
Start-click (Windows) or Command-Control-
click (Mac) a control to display that control’s
playlist in the Edit window.
3-Knob Panning
Pro Tools provides 3-Knob mode as an addi-
tional way to input pan moves.
3-Knob mode lets you:
• Pan in straight lines, moving the Pan Location
cursor using the Position rotary knobs with
full movement of front, rear, and front-rear
position.
– and –
• Pan discretely between pairs of speakers.
For example, when panning front-left to rear-
right in 3-Knob mode, audio will be heard from
just those two speakers (assuming full diver-
gence is in effect).
By comparison, in X/Y mode a diagonal pan
may result in audio being heard in some or all
channels.
The difference is that 3-Knob mode pans dis-
cretely between the front and rear position of
the panning trajectory, while X/Y mode panning
takes place in the full 360° Panning Grid. Diver-
gence and Center Percentage are variable in
both Panning modes.
All Pan controls can be automated, includ-
ing pan position and divergence.
Panning and metering in 3-Knob mode
3-Knob trajectory
3-Knob mode