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The mixer
A Listen-enabled channel is indicated by a lit Listen but-
ton, and also by the lit Global Listen button on the com-
mon panel. Click the Listen button again to turn off Listen
mode. You may also turn off Listen mode for every Listen-
enabled track at once by clicking the Listen button on the
common panel.
For more information about the Listen functionality, see
the chapter “Control Room (Cubase only)” on page 146.
Setting pan in the mixer
The pan control.
The pan controls in the mixer are used to position a chan-
nel between the left and right side of the stereo spectrum.
By default for stereo audio channels, pan controls the bal-
ance between the left and right channels. You can change
this in the Preferences. By selecting one of the other pan
modes (see below), you can set pan independently for the
left and right channel.
• To make fine pan adjustments, hold down [Shift] when
you move the pan control.
• To select the (default) center pan position, hold down
[Ctrl]/[Command] and click on the pan control.
• For MIDI channels, the pan control sends out MIDI pan
messages.
The result depends on how your MIDI instrument is set to respond to pan
– check your documentation for details.
Ö The Surround Panner is described in the section
“Using the Surround Panner” on page 199.
Panning Bypass
You can bypass the panning for all track types except
MIDI tracks. To do this, keep [Shift] and [Alt]/[Option]
pressed and click on the pan setting for the respective
channel in the mixer (on the fader panel or in the extended
mixer view). The Panning Bypass state is reflected in all
the different pan setting sections, e.g. if you bypass a
channel in the mixer, this is automatically reflected in the
Inspector for the respective track.
When panning is bypassed for a channel, the following
happens:
• Mono channels will be panned center.
• Stereo channels will be panned left and right.
• Surround channels will be panned center.
Ö To deactivate Panning Bypass, simply press
[Shift]+[Alt]/[Option] and click again.
About the three pan modes (Cubase only)
If you right-click in the pan control field for a (stereo) audio
channel, you can select one of three pan modes:
• Stereo Balance Panner controls the balance between
the left and right channels.
This is the default mode.
• If Stereo Dual Panner is selected, there will be two pan
controls with the upper controlling pan for the left channel,
and the lower controlling pan for the right channel.
This allows you set pan independently for the left and right channels.
Note that it is possible to reverse the left and right channels, i.e. the left
channel can be panned to the right and vice versa. You can also “sum”
two channels by setting them to the same pan position (i.e. mono) – note
that this will increase the volume of the signal.
• If Stereo Combined Panner is selected, the left and
right pan positions are shown as two lines with a blue/gray
area between them.
If you reverse the left and right channels, the area between the pan controls
will be red instead of blue/gray.