Panning or balancing clips in the Timeline

You can vary the pan or balance freely along the duration of the clip by adding and dragging handles on the blue Pan/balance rubberband on the audio clip, using techniques similar to those you use for adjusting volume.

For best results when previewing panning or balancing, make sure that your computer or audio card is connected properly to speakers in stereo. Make sure that the left and right channels are not reversed.

To pan or balance an audio clip:

1 If necessary, click the triangle to the left of the track name to expand the audio track you want to adjust.

2 If the blue Pan/balance rubberband is not displayed in the clip, click the blue Pan/balance icon () in the track header.

3 Position the pointer over the spot on the pan/balance handle you want to adjust, so that the pointer changes into a pointing finger with blue arrows. Drag the pan/balance handle up to pan or balance left, or down to pan or balance right.

To pan or balance a clip in 1% increments:

1 Position the pointer over the pan/balance handle you want to adjust, so that the pointer changes into a pointing finger with blue arrows.

2 Press and hold Shift as you drag the pan/balance handle. A numeric display appears over the audio track to indicate the current pan or balance level as you drag. As long as you hold the Shift key, you can drag beyond the top and bottom of the audio track. The larger drag area lets you pan or balance in 1% increments to the left or right with the center at 0%, as indicated by the numeric display.

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