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Pan
Short for panoramic potentiometer this control places a mono source signal onto the stereo bus.
The proportion of signal fed to the left and right buses is variable (using the pan control) and alters
the spatial position of an instrument within the mix. Thus a number of channels can all be panned
to dierent spatial positions. Generally low frequency instruments such as kick drums are panned
centrally as they are omnidirectional and for a given SPL the speakers are being driven at a lower
level leading to less distortion. Signals can also be panned across odd and even bus outputs
allowing them to recorded in stereo.
Q
Q is an indication of the frequency range or bandwidth over which a peaking equaliser will be
eective. Low Qs aect a wide range of frequencies while high Qs aect a much narrower range
of frequencies. It thus allows an equalisation adjustment to be targeted to maximise the eect
where required while at the same time minimising changes where they are not wanted. Generally
high Qs sound less pleasant than low Qs.
Routing
This is the process of selecting to which bus output of the console the signal should be routed.
Routing can be to multiple tracks and if an odd/even combination is selected then panning can be
used to record a stereo signal.
SF
The Short fader is normally used to feed the inputs to a DAW or other recording device. It therefore
controls the recorded level of the signal. When SF appears by a control or group of controls it
means that these functions can be switched into the short fader (or channel fader) path.
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