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pan (sound property)

Syntax

sound(channelNum).pan
the pan of sound(channelNum)

Description

Property; indicates the left/right balance of the sound playing in sound channel channelNum.The range of values is from -100 to 100. -100 indicates only the left channel is heard. 100 indicate only the right channel is being heard. A value of 0 indicates even left/right balance, causing the sound source to appear to be centered. For mono sounds, pan affects which speaker (left or right) the sound plays through.

You can change the pan of a sound object at any time, but if the sound channel is currently performing a fade, the new pan setting doesn't take effect until the fade is complete.

To see an example of pan (sound property) used in a completed movie, see the Sound Control movie in the Learning\Lingo Examples folder inside the Director application folder.

Example

This Lingo statement pans the sound in sound channel 2 from the left channel to the right channel:

repeat with x = -100 to 100
	sound(2).pan = x
end repeat

See also

fadeIn(), fadeOut(), fadeTo(), volume (sound channel)