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Channels, surround & immersive audio · Working

Audio panning

ELI5

Placement or movement of sound between output channels or positions.

Used in conversation

“Let’s hear the audio panning against picture before the next review.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Audio panning” in sound, music & voice conversations or materials.

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Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.