Stereo Panning
Get the left and right channel gains for any pan position.
About Stereo Panning
Equal-power panning keeps the perceived loudness constant across the stereo field as sound moves between the channels. A well-set pan creates width and separation while equal-power law avoids a dip or bump in level at centre.
Formula
Stereo Panning
Left = cos(pan angle); right = sin(pan angle), angle = pan x 90 degrees
- pan
- Hard left at 0 percent to hard right at 100 percent
Worked example
With the default values below, Stereo Panning returns Left Gain of -3.0. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Pan positionaccepts 0–100 %
- 50 %
Results
- Left Gain
- -3.0 dB
- Right Gain
- -3.0 dB
- Left Linear Gain
- 0.7071
- Right Linear Gain
- 0.7071
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Stereo Panning
- 3Left Gain= -3.0 dB
- 4Right Gain= -3.0 dB
- 5Left Linear Gain= 0.7071
- 6Right Linear Gain= 0.7071
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the single input listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 4 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How is Stereo Panning calculated?
Left = cos(pan angle); right = sin(pan angle), angle = pan x 90 degrees Equal-power panning keeps the perceived loudness constant across the stereo field as sound moves between the channels.
Why does Stereo Panning matter?
A well-set pan creates width and separation while equal-power law avoids a dip or bump in level at centre.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 1 input: Pan position. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.