Need help with panning...

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Need help with panning...

Post by Djard » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:08 pm

I added a stereo vocal track to a stereo kareoke music accompaniment, which gave me four tracks. The accompaniment tracks 1 and 2 offer individual panning but not the vocal tracks, 3 and 4.

I split the vocal track (Track menu -> "Split Stereo Track") but still no panning option appear in either track 3 or 4.

I want to EQ track 3 and add a phaser effect to track 4 then pan one left andf the other right, for separation. But I don't want to mix down the compilation without firstly panning the vocals. Is there a trick to pan the additional tracks, or will Audacity only pan tracks 1 and 2?

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Re: Need help with panning...

Post by steve » Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:35 pm

All audio tracks have a pan slider, but if the track is not deep enough (vertical height) you won't be able to see it.
To stretch a track so that it is higher vertically, move the mouse pointer over the bottom edge of the track, then when it turns into a vertical double pointed arrow, click and drag the bottom edge down.
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Re: Need help with panning...

Post by Djard » Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:01 am

I figured that out by accident, but thanks for the kind response. Wow...Audacity is one powerful program!

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