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The mixer
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.
About the “Stereo Pan Law” setting (audio channels only)
In the Project Setup dialog there is a pop-up menu named
“Stereo Pan Law”, on which you can select one of several
pan modes. This is related to the fact that without power
compensation, the power of the sum of the left and right
side will be higher (louder) if a channel is panned center
than if it is panned left or right.
To remedy this, the Stereo Pan Law setting allows you to
attenuate signals panned center, by -6, -4.5 or -3dB (de-
fault). Selecting the 0dB option effectively turns off con-
stant-power panning. Experiment with the modes to see
which fits best in a given situation. You can also select
“Equal Power” on this pop-up menu, which means that the
power of the signal will remain the same regardless of the
pan setting.
Audio-specific procedures
This section describes the options and basic procedures
regarding audio channels in the mixer.
Using Channel Settings
For each audio channel strip in the mixer and in the Inspec-
tor and Track list for each audio track, there is an Edit but-
ton (“e”).
Clicking this opens the VST Audio Channel Settings win-
dow. By default, this window contains:
• A section with eight insert effect slots (see “Audio effects” on
page 85).
• Four EQ modules and an associated EQ curve display (see
“Making EQ settings” on page 77).
• A section with eight sends (see “Audio effects” on page 85).
• A duplicate of the mixer channel strip
You can customize the Channel Settings window, by
showing/hiding the different panels and/or by changing
their order:
• To specify which panels should be shown/hidden, right-click
in the Channel settings window, and activate/deactivate the
respective options on the Customize View submenu on the
context menu.
• To change the order of the panels, select “Setup…” on the
Customize View pop-up menu and use the “Move up” and
“Move Down” buttons.
Ö For further information, see the chapter “Customizing”
on page 261.