Panning or balancing a clip

You can pan a monophonic audio clip to set its position between the left and right stereo channels. For example, if an audio clip contains one person's dialogue, you can pan the audio to match the person's position in the frame.

You cannot pan a stereo audio clip because both channels already contain audio information. When you work with a stereo audio clip, the pan control adjusts the balance of the stereo channels within the clip.

As with volume adjustments, you can pan or balance a clip in either the Timeline or the Audio Mixer window. The Pan rubberbands in the Timeline correspond to the pan/balance controls in the Audio Mixer window and serve the same purpose. For information on panning and balancing a clip in the Audio Mixer window, see Panning or balancing in the Audio Mixer window using automation.

Mixing Audio > Panning or balancing a clip

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