A.
Stereo pan/balance knob
B.
5.1 surround pan/balance tray
C.
Left channel
D.
Center channel
E.
Right channel
F.
Center percentage
G.
LFE volume
H.
Left surround channel
I.
Right surround
channel
For best results monitoring pan or balance settings, make sure that each of your
computer or audio card’s outputs is connected to the correct speaker, and make sure
that positive and negative wires are connected consistently across all speakers.
To pan or balance a track routed to a stereo track in the Audio Mixer window:
In the Audio Mixer window, do one of the following:
•
Drag the pan control knob or the value below the knob.
•
Click the value below the pan control knob, type a new value, and press Enter.
To pan or balance a track routed to a 5.1 surround track in the Audio Mixer window:
1
In the Audio Mixer window, click and drag the puck anywhere within the tray. To snap
the puck to a left, right, or center channel, drag the puck to a pocket along the edge of the
tray.
2
Adjust the center channel percentage by dragging the center percentage knob.
3
If needed, adjust the LFE (subwoofer) channel level by dragging the knob above the
Bass Clef icon .
To pan or balance a track in the Timeline window:
1
In the Timeline window, if necessary, expand a track’s view by clicking the expansion
triangle next to the track name.
2
Click the Show Keyframes button , and choose Show Track Keyframes from the menu
that appears.
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3
Click the pop-up menu at the top left corner of the track; then choose Panner > Balance
or Panner > Pan. (For 5.1 surround audio, choose the dimension you want to edit from the
Panner menu.)
4
Use the pen tool to adjust the level uniformly (if keyframes have not been added) or to
add or edit keyframes. See “Working with keyframes in the Timeline window” on
page 222.
Breaking out the channels in an audio clip
You can use the Breakout to Mono Clips command on a clip selected in the Project
window to separate a clip’s stereo or 5.1 surround audio tracks into multiple mono clips.
Breaking out a stereo clip will result in two mono audio clips—one for each channel.
Similarly, breaking out a 5.1 surround clip will result in six mono audio clips—five channels
plus the LFE channel. If an audio clip is linked to video, breaking out the clip also produces
a video track with no audio. The original clip is always preserved.
The resulting files are labeled with their original channel names, which are added to the
end of the new filenames. For example, a stereo audio clip named Zoom becomes two
files named Zoom Left and Zoom Right.
To break out the channels in an audio clip:
1
In the Project window, select a clip containing stereo or 5.1 surround audio.
2
Choose Clip > Audio Options > Breakout to Mono Clips.
Treating a mono clip as stereo
You may sometimes find it useful to use a mono audio clip as a stereo clip. The Treat as
Stereo command applies a mono clip to a pair of left and right stereo channels.
You must use the Treat to Stereo command on a mono clip in the Project window before
adding it to a stereo track in the Timeline window. A clip instance can’t be converted to
