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Chapter 34: Surround Panning and Mixing (Pro Tools HD Only) 787
To change the 3-Knob trajectory angles, do one of
the following:
■
Drag either endpoint (Front or Rear) of the
trajectory line.
– or –
■
Adjust the Front or Rear Position controls.
To change the current trajectory position (left-to-
right) and retain its current angles:
■
Drag the trajectory line (not its endpoints) to
a new position.
AutoGlide Mode
AutoGlide mode lets you quickly write Surround
Panner automation by clicking new locations in
the Surround Panner window, instead of manu-
ally moving the Surround Panner controls.
The time it takes to glide from point to point
(from the Pan Location cursor to the new desti-
nation) is called the AutoGlide Time. This time
is set in the Mixing Preferences page and has a
range of 10 msec to 10000 msec (10 seconds).
To set the AutoGlide Time
1
Choose Setup > Preferences and click the Mix-
ing tab.
2
Set the AutoGlide Time in the Automation
section.
To do an AutoGlide automation pass:
1
Click the Panning Mode button until the
AutoGlide mode icon is displayed.
The Panning Mode button displays a slanted
dotted line that ends with a filled in dot (repre-
senting a cursor) at its top right corner.
2
In the Mix or Edit window, click the Automa-
tion Mode selector and select an Automation
mode for the track you want to automate.
3
Press Play to begin playback.
4
Set a new destination for the cursor by doing
one of the following:
• Click a Snap Pan to Speaker icon to glide to
its speaker location.
– or –
• Click in the pan window to glide to a spe-
cific location in the X/Y Grid.
When writing automation in AutoGlide
mode, the Pan Location cursor cannot be
dragged from its location.
Panner Mode button set to AutoGlide mode
Panning Mode button (AutoGlide mode shown)
AutoGlide mode icon
AutoGlide mode
Snap Pan to
Speaker icons
Pan
Location
cursor