Panning in surround

Unlike stereo panning which sends sound to left and right speakers, surround panning means sending sound to multiple speakers at points along a circle.

When a track/bus/send is assigned to a surround bus, the Pan control turns into a multi-dimensional surround panner. The surround panner comes in four sizes:

Micro. This is found in the Track view.

Small. This is found on sends.

Medium. This is the surround panner which is displayed in the Track Inspector and Console view.

Large. This is a large surround panner (see Controlling surround panning for a picture) which has additional controls, and appears when you right-click a surround panner and choose Open Surround Panner from the pop-up menu, or double-click outside the surround panner circle, or press ENTER when the panner has focus.

A. Micro surround panner in Track view B. Six channel output meter

Figure 406. Console view surround panner.

A. Medium surround panner in Console view

The small and large panners are always synchronized; the large panner simply provides increased resolution when you adjust the surround pan position.

Note 1: Surround panning is not available for tracks/sends that are routed to non-surround buses.

Note 2: If the track/bus/send is reassigned to a stereo bus, any surround automation will be orphaned, but will automatically reconnect if the track/bus/send is later assigned back to a surround bus.

 

See:

Controlling surround panning