Surround Panning and Mixing

For more information, see the following topics:

Introduction to Pro Tools Surround Panning

Output Windows

Standard Controls

Surround Panner Controls

Panning Modes

Divergence and Center Percentage

LFE Faders in Multichannel Panners

Pan Playlists

Surround Scope Plug-In

Before you can pan a track in surround, it must be assigned to an appropriate multichannel output or bus path.

See Pro Tools Setup for Surround for more information on multichannel configurations and I/O Setup options. For multichannel signal routing, see Multichannel Tracks and Signal Routing.

Multichannel surround mixing is supported with Pro Tools HD or Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit only.

The I/O Setup dialog defines the bussing and output architecture of the Pro Tools multichannel surround mixer. If you have not already done so, it is recommended that you become familiar with main and sub-paths and the I/O Setup dialog before starting multichannel Pro Tools projects.