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Chapter 34: Surround Panning and Mixing (Pro Tools HD Only) 785
AutoGlide Mode Point-to-point panning from
the Pan Location cursor to a new destination
over a specified AutoGlide Time. See “AutoGlide
Mode” on page 787 for more information.
To enable a Panning Mode:
■
Click on the Panning Mode button in the Sur-
round Panner until the desired mode icon is dis-
played.
X/Y Panning
To pan in X/Y mode:
1
Click on the Panning Mode button until the
X/Y mode icon is displayed.
2
Drag the Pan Location cursor, or click any-
where in the Grid and drag to pan the track. The
location of the Pan Location cursor determines
the pan position of the signal. For example, to
pan something to the left rear speaker, move the
Pan Location cursor to the lower-left corner of
the Grid.
To snap the Pan Location cursor to a location in
the Grid:
■
Hold down the Control key and click any-
where in the X/Y Grid.
Grid Options and Shortcuts
Fine-Adjust Mode Hold down the Control key
(Windows) or Command key (Mac) for fine ad-
justment of all Panner controls.
Constraining to X or Y Movement Shift-drag the
Pan Location cursor to constrain its movement
to the X or Y direction.
Reset to Default Alt-click (Windows) or Option-
click (Mac) in the Panner Grid to reset all con-
trols to their default position.
Snap Pan to Speaker Click one of the Snap Pan
to Speaker icons to force the panner to that
speaker location.
Display Automation in Edit Window Control-
Start-click (Windows) or Command-Control-
click (Mac) a control to display that control’s
playlist in the Edit window.
Panner Mode button set to X/Y mode
It is not necessary to click exactly on the Pan
Location cursor. Clicking anywhere in the
Grid will move the Pan Location cursor rel-
ative to where you click or take over with a
hardware panner. Panning does not jump to
the click position.
X/Y mode icon
X/Y Panning
All Pan controls can be automated, includ-
ing pan position and divergence. See
Chapter 30, “Automation” for details.