-
-<h2>Panning is not Balance</h2>
-
-<p>
- If you are used to the "balance" control found on most home music
- playback devices, and on many DAWs and audio editors, you may have
- gained a particular idea of how "panning" should work. You turn the
- knob to the left, and the signal in the right speaker gradually
- vanishes as you do. You turn it back to the right, and the signal in
- the left speaker vanishes in the same way.
-</p>
-<p>
- This is <strong>not</strong> panning. It does not alter the placement either the
- left or right signal, but rather is just a different term for
- "independent gain control". What is actually happening is that as
- you move the balance control left of center, it reduces the volume
- of the right channel towards zero, but leaves the left signal at
- normal volume. When you move it back to right of center, it reduces
- the volume of the left channel toward zero, and leaves the right
- channel at normal volume. When the control is exactly in the middle,
- both channels are at normal volume.
-</p>