Exercise 8.4: Using Surround Panning (Optional)

This exercise requires surround sound monitoring hardware. It’s similar to the previous exercise, except you will be automating the pan around all of the speakers instead of just left or right stereo speakers/headphones.

1. Configure the AUDIO MIXER to use a 7.1 surround sequence format and a 7.1 Pro Tools or SMPTE mix mode. If you do not have surround sound monitoring capabilities, select a stereo mix mode.

2. Perform the same steps as in Exercise 8.3, but create pan automation in the surround sound field using the advanced panner.

Once of the great things about editing multichannel clips in Media Composer is that they are not treated any differently than the traditional mono clips. The Audio Mixer updates to give you the best interface for the kind of sequence format you are using, but the approach to adjusting the pan, automating the pan, and working the clips in the timeline is consistent regardless of track type.