Setting Pan Automatically

 I should know this but I don't: No problem automating pan by turning the knob (panoramic potentiometer ) while the track is running; but how do I quickly create a pan setting in a specific spot? For example, I may want the track to start out with 50% left and later be at 75% right. It is hard to mess around with the knobs and get them just right while the track is running. On the V-Studio 700, I can hit the flip button so that the faders control pan which is faster then the rotary knobs—but still there should be a way to say, "Right here make the pan x% left" or whatever. Thanks!

You can use an FX Chain module and Channel Tools to make that kind of automation. Just set the start/end times and the target start/end pans and you're good to go. Probably other ways to do it too but that's what I learned from one of the Groove3 vids titled "Mono Maker". Cheers.

Thanks, guys! As far as I know everything works—I have always just done it old school: move stuff on the console while Write is on. Both suggestions sound great and I am embarrassed I did not think of adding nodes manually. In the past, I have just grabbed a volume fader, made a random movement, and then edited the node. My brain must be out of gear today. I did not know about or think of the Channel T Tools thing.

Konradh, If you get embarrassed by your questions I pale to think how I should feel about mine.