hypnotik Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Hello guys, Can anybody explain to me what is the option "apply pan law compensation to stereo balancers" in logic ? The manual is very very very poor about this project parameter. Thx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I haven't looked to check, but my guess is that previously, pan law was only done when panning a mono signal in the stereo field - stereo signals *are not panned*, instead the pan control becomes a balance control, which just controls the levels of both sides (ie fully left, the left channel is playing at 100%, the right at 0%). Because there is no panning for stereo signals, pan laws are not applied. I'd guess that this new option gives you the ability to obey the currently set pan law when panning(balancing) stereo signals. Give it a try and let me know whether I guessed correctly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnotik Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 beej it's crystal clear now! will give a try tonight thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Jackson Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Here's a good thread on the subject of Pan Law. http://www.logicprohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=271593 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnotik Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 pan law compensation exactly does that you describe beej i prefer stereo panning with this option ticked (no volume loss) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Cool, thanks for posting back. Will go and check the behaviour for myself shortly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnotik Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 please feedback your experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Same experience as yours - with that mode checked, Logic applies the pan law gain changes on stereo signals. Guessed right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubBlack Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I do a fair amount of surround work and it took me a while to figure out Logic's "Pan" settings; the way they've implemented it, the pan knob in the mixer is more of a balance knob. Check out this linkage, I found it really helpful: http://nk-e.com/2010/01/30/panning-the-logic-pan-as-in-dont-use-it/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 the pan knob in the mixer is more of a balance knob. ...On Stereo channel strips. This is not a mistery. From the manual: Mono channel strips feature a Pan control, which determines the position of a signal in the stereo image. At the center pan position, the channel strip sends equal amounts of the signal to both sides of the stereo image. If you were to increase the pan position on the left side and decrease it on the right, the sound would move to the left. Stereo channel strips display Balance controls. The Balance control differs from the Pan control in that it controls the relative levels of two signals (Left and Right) at their outputs. When a channel strip output is set to Surround, the Pan or Balance control is replaced by a Surround Panner. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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