Panning Tools

Panning Tools is a package of software designed to assist with sound spatialization in the Max programming environment: stereo, surround stereo, quadraphonic, hexaphonic, and octophonic.The package requires no extra external objects; it uses only Max abstractions (patches designed to be used inside other patches) and standard Max objects.

Additional Materials

• The article "Techniques and Software for Octophonic Composition", published in the proceedings of PdMaxCon25, describes a set of modular tools for Max programming that enable methods of panning for 2, 4, 6, or 8 speakers, and discusses some principles of their usage.

• "Sound Localization" is an article in the online textbook Computer Music Programming that explains the ways we perceive and understand the location of sound sources, and points to ways to spatialize digital audio.

• The Max Cookbook contains several Max examples of panning, with explanation. (Just search for "panning".)