Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 899)

Dragging the slider to the left pans that clip’s audio increasingly to the left channel.
Dragging it to the right pans that clip’s audio increasingly to the right channel.
To reset a panning slider
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Hold down the Option key, then click the panning slider you want to reset.
To reset all panning sliders in the Audio Mixer
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Control-click at the top of any track’s track strip, then choose Reset All Panners from the
shortcut menu.
Note: Stereo pan can also be modified in the audio tabs of the Viewer. For more
information on how to modify stereo pan in the Viewer, see
“Changing the Pan of Audio
in the Viewer.”
About Mixer Automation and Keyframe Recording
Whenever you play back a sequence, the audio level and pan keyframes in the clips
control the mix automatically. This is called mixer automation and is especially important
when you have a lot of tracks in a long sequence. Audio level and pan keyframes allow
you to build up a complete audio mix by recording keyframes on just one track at a time.
With keyframes, you can orchestrate a complete mix of audio tracks by yourself, a task
that once required several people, with each person focused on a group of tracks.
There are several ways to add audio level keyframes to your clip items and modify them
in the Timeline or Viewer. You can:
• Manually add keyframes with the Pen tool
• Select the Record Audio Keyframes button in the Audio Mixer button bar, and then do
one of the following:
• Use the controls in the Audio Mixer to record fader and panning slider adjustments
in real time.
• Use a supported control surface with physical faders and pan controls. This allows
you to adjust multiple faders and panning sliders simultaneously.
899 Chapter 56 Using the Audio Mixer