Avid Technology PRO TOOLS MIX 51 - Manual (Page 10)

Chapter 5
Surround Panner Plug-In
Overview
The Surround Panner plug-in
operates as an RTAS plug-in on
mono and stereo tracks. It will
simultaneously pan to one of the 5.1
channel main busses and to one of
the quad-channel effect send
busses. It provides panning,
volume, mute, solo, LFE, and
divergence controls that are fully
automatable using the Pro Tools
plug-in automation system. The
controls are configured to operate
conveniently with control surfaces
available to Pro Tools. By default,
the Mix 51 Panner does not output
any audio to the normal Pro Tools
mixer channel. By using the
“bypass” button the Panner will pass
the signal through to the Pro Tools
mixer for an additional stereo mix
(while also continuing normal Mix 51
operation). This also allows two
panners to operate on a single track
in case you want a track to be mixed
to two different Mix 51 Main Buses or
Send Buses for example.
Panner Controls
Output Selection Menus
Select the destination bus for the
track by clicking on the Main Bus
popup menu. Select one of the Main
Buses (1, 2, or 3) as the destination
or “off” if you only want to send the
signal to the Send Bus. Select one of
the Send Buses using the Send Bus
popup menu. Choose “off” if you
donʼt want the signal to be sent to
any of the Send buses.
Volume/Send Faders
Use the volume fader to adjust the
track level into the bus you have
chosen. Similarly, the send fader
adjusts the level going to the send
bus you have chosen. (This level
might also be affected by the main
volume control, depending on the
choice of pre or post fader,
discussed next).
Mute/Solo/Pre-Post Buttons