User Manual

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Balance (0 dB Center)
Balance (-3 dB Center)
Balance (-6 dB Center)
In a stereo project, this mode can help you adjust the relative signal levels of the
channels in stereo source material. As you pan from the center to either side, the
opposite channel begins at the specified center value (0 dB -3 dB, or -6 dB), and decays
to -infinity. The signal in the side you are panning toward progresses from the
specified center value (0 dB, -3 dB, or -6 dB) to 0 dB.
This panning mode uses a linear panning curve.
For example, when you pan fully right, the right channel is played at 0 dB and the left
channel is not audible. As you pan to the center, each channel is attenuated to the
specified center value (0 dB -3 dB, or -6 dB). As you pan to the left, the left channel is
played at 0 dB, and the right channel is not audible.
With the Balance (0 dB center) setting, no gain or cut
is applied when you’re panned to the center, which
can make the center seem louder.
With the Balance (-3 dB center) setting, a -3 dB cut is
applied when you’re panned to the center.
With the Balance (-6 dB center) setting, a -6 dB cut is
applied when you’re panned to the center.
Panning in a 5.1 surround project follows the same rules: as you pan from the center to
any channel in a 5.1 surround project, the signal in the channel you are panning
toward progresses from the specified center value to 0 dB. The signal in the channel
you are panning away from begins at the specified center value and decays to -
infinity.
Constant Power This mode is most useful for panning monaural source material. In this mode, sound
will maintain its volume when you pan across channels.
If you pan a stereo file 100% R, only the right channel of your media file is played, and
this channel is sent to both output channels. If you continue to pan to the left, the left
channel is gradually added to the output, and the right channel is gradually faded out
until only the left channel will be heard through both output channels when the slider
is at 100% L.
If you pan a file fully right midway between the front and rear channels in a 5.1
surround project, only the right channel of your media file is played, and this channel
is sent to the right-front and -rear output channels. If you pan to the left, the left
channel is gradually added to the output, and the right channel is gradually faded out
until only the left channel is sent to the left-front and -rear output channels.
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