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Setting channel strip pan position – Apple Soundtrack Pro 3 User Manual

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Click the center of the volume value slider, then type a new value.

The scale is from -96 to +6 dB. The default level is 0 (zero) dB.

Volume value slider

Volume fader

To return the volume fader to the default level

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Double-click the knob in the volume fader.

As you adjust track volume, watch the level meters next to the volume fader to make
sure that the track is not clipping. For information about preventing clipping, see

Setting

the Overall Project Volume Level

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Setting Channel Strip Pan Position

You pan sounds to different positions to place them in the stereo or the surround field.
You set the pan position of a track or bus channel strip using the stereo pan slider and
value slider or the surround panner. You can’t pan a submix or the Master channel strip.

To set the stereo pan position of a channel strip
Do one of the following:

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Drag the pan slider left or right to the pan position you want.

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Click along the length of the pan slider at the point you want to set the pan position.

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Click the left or right arrow on the edges of the pan value slider.

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With the pointer over the center of the pan value slider, hold down the mouse button
and drag left or right.

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Click the center of the pan value slider, then type a new value.

The scale is from -100 to 100, with 0 (zero) as the center value. Negative values are left
of center, and positive values are right of center. The default is 0.

Pan slider

Pan value slider

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Basic Mixing in Soundtrack Pro