Sorry if this has already been debated I'm to lazy to use search and then go through 100's of irrelevant posts before finding the right one (maybe...).

I'm just wondering what pan laws people use in Sonar and why, for example what's the big difference in boosting hard panned parts or dipping center panned or what's the good/bad with sin/cos, square-root or linear taper?

Thanks in advance.

/Legion

Maybe we're too lazy to reply!

Seriously, if you do a search on this forum you'll find lots of useful stuff on pan laws. I'm using the one that Scott recommends.

It's a "what I'm mixing" preference...

GOOGLE will get the answer you need in seconds. For god sakes you took the time to type your post so you certinaly can't be too lazy to open Google and if you are then you don't deserve to know

It's not any big deal unless you change your pan law settings in mid-project, or are exchanging projects between other people's DAW's, etc. and even then you just re-mix any specific tracks back to your liking. At the end of the day, you put the faders where you want 'em to hear what you want to hear. It's not that complicated, really.

I use 0db center, but if -3db center were the only option I'd be happy with that.

The 0db center means that things get 3db louder as you move them to the center from the sides, mimicking the natural behavior of stereo sound reproduction. I'm accustomed to that behavior, and it seems very natural to me. As I pan things out to the sides, I tend to turn them down anyway, since they become clearer as they move out of the congestion. This pan law just does it for me automatically.

Some folks find it disconcerting when the volume changes with panning, which is why the -3db option exists. If you do a lot of panning automation, it might be the better option. However, I find that pan envelopes need to be paired with volume envelopes anyway, making the pan law choice moot.

And of course unless you automate panning, it really very little difference which pan law you use.

For god sakes you took the time to type your post so you certinaly can't be too lazy to open Google

You might be surprised at how often users fail to consider using a search engine to find the simplest of answers...The number probably resembles the same percentage as those who never consider using the Help files or consulting their manuals...

Well he is right about the search engine. I don't use it, because it either brings up thousands of unrelated hits, or no results at all.

So, instead I find it useful to go over to Google and just add "site:forum.cakewalk.com" to end of my keywords when I'm looking for something. It does a much better job then the existing search tool. FWIW.

Geez - The guy just asked a question??

I use 0db - Bit explained it perfectly......

sorry GMGM - not directed at you in particular

I said "a search engine"...I wasn't referring to CW's "search" function (which is intermittently useless)...