Positioning signals in the pan area

Here, you can position the sound source using the mouse:

• By clicking at the desired position in the pan area.

  When you release the mouse button, the sound source jumps to that position (with the positioning handle, i. e. the circle located in the center of the sound source, ending up where you clicked).

• By clicking and dragging the positioning handle.

  Note that you do not have to click exactly on the handle in order to move it. You can click anywhere in the pan area and start moving the mouse, the handle then moves in the same direction as the mouse.

Figure: The pan area showing a stereo sound source

1. Left and right channels

2. Positioning handle

The positioning handle can be positioned freely in the pan area and even be moved out of the pan area. The panning balls, though, will never move further out than the edge of the surround field (which is indicated by a gray line). Moving the positioning handle out of the pan area can be useful for extreme panning positions, such as panning all channels hard right.