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panner

panner

1 7.7
A control that places a sound left or right in a stereo mix
  • noun
  • /ˈpænər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : control de panorámica
  • I need a better panner for this mixing session.

Examples

  • By adjusting the panner, they made the guitar sound as if it was moving around the room.

  • The sound engineer used the panner to position the music in the left speaker.

  • The sound engineer adjusted the panner to move the vocals to the right side of the mix.

  • Using the panner, you can create a sense of space in your audio recordings.

  • She learned how to use the panner to make instruments sound as if they were coming from different directions.

  • The panner is crucial for stereo mixing.

  • During the mixing session, the producer decided to tweak the panner settings for better stereo effect.

Compounds

gold panner
6.5

A person who washes soil and small stones in a pan to find gold

Surface Forms

panner singular
panners plural

Morphology

panner = pan (transparent) = pan + er

Formed by the productive agent/instrumentive suffix '-er' on the verb 'pan' (to place sound in the stereo field), so the device meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word panner comes from the verb pan, which means 'to move across' and is linked to panorama ('wide view'). So a panner in audio is a control that moves a sound left or right in the stereo space, like moving a camera across a wide scene.