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Pan or balance a stereo track, Pan or balance a 5.1 surround track, Pan or balance a 16-channel track – Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 User Manual

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USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS4

Editing Audio

Last updated 11/6/2011

Panning and balancing controls

A. Stereo pan/balance knob B. 5.1 surround pan/balance tray C. Center percentage

For best results monitoring pan or balance settings, make sure that each of the computer or audio card’s outputs is
connected to the correct speaker, and make sure that positive and negative wires are connected consistently across all

speakers.

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Pan or balance a stereo track

In the Audio Mixer, do one of the following:

Drag the pan control knob or the value below the knob.

Click the value below the pan control knob, type a new value, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).

Pan or balance a 5.1 surround track

1

In the Audio Mixer, click and drag the puck anywhere within the tray. To snap the puck to a left, right, or center
channel, drag the puck to a pocket along the edge of the tray.

2

Adjust the center channel percentage by dragging the center percentage knob.

3

If needed, adjust the LFE (subwoofer) channel level by dragging the knob above the Bass Clef icon

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5.1 Surround Sound Mixing

Pan or balance a 16-channel track

When you select a sequence containing a 16-channel master audio track, Direct Output Assignment buttons appear
above the sliders for each track in the Audio Mixer. Click each of these buttons to assign each track channel to a
destination channel in the master track.

A

C

B