CAKEWALK SONAR - Configurable Panning Laws; Adjusting Volume Trim

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You can also change the pan and volume settings in a variety of other ways, as
described on page 132. To change the pan settings for more than one track at a
time, select the tracks you want to change and choose Track-Property-Pan.
Configurable Panning Laws
You can choose from six different panning laws, if you want. A panning law is the
mathematical formula that a sequencer or mixer uses to control panning.
To Change Panning Laws
1. Use the Options-Audio command to open the Audio Options dialog.
2. On the General tab, in the Stereo Panning Law field, choose one of these
options:
• (Default) 0 dB center, sin/cos taper, constant power—this choice causes a 3
dB boost in a signal that’s panned hard left or right, and no dip in output
level in either channel when the signal is center panned.
• -3dB center, sin/cos taper, constant power——this choice causes no boost
in a signal that’s panned hard left or right, and 3dB dip in output level in
either channel when the signal is center panned.
• 0dB center, square-root taper, constant power—this choice causes a 3 dB
boost in a signal that’s panned hard left or right, and no dip in output
level in either channel when the signal is center panned.
• -3dB center, square root taper, constant power——this choice causes no
boost in a signal that’s panned hard left or right, and 3dB dip in output
level in either channel when the signal is center panned.
• -6dB center, linear taper——this choice causes no boost in a signal that’s
panned hard left or right, and 6dB dip in output level in either channel
when the signal is center panned.
• 0 dB center, balance control——this choice causes no boost in a signal
that’s panned hard left or right, and no dip in output level in either
channel when the signal is center panned.
3. Click OK.
Adjusting Volume Trim
Volume Trim acts like the trim control on a mixer, raising or lower the level prior
to the volume fader. Volume Trim is useful for calibrating your faders to match a
dB reference level or for aligning your faders for grouping. The Volume Trim
control has a range of -18dB to +18dB. Raising or lowering the Volume Trim raises
or lowers the apparent volume of the track by that amount without affecting the
actual fader level.