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panpot, n.|ˈpænpɒt|
[f. pan(oramic) pot(entiometer).]
A kind of potentiometer used to vary the apparent position of a sound source by varying the strengths of the signals to individual speakers without changing the total signal strength.
1941Jrnl. Soc. Motion Pict. Engin. XXXVII. 130 A special 3-circuit differential junction network, nicknamed ‘The Panpot’, is used to dub one original track onto one, any two, or all three of our Fantasound program tracks. 1964H. B. Hadden Pract. Stereophony iii. 39 To present a monophonic signal, as a point source at a given position.., a control known as a ‘panoramic potentiometer’ is employed... This control, known as a ‘panpot’ for short, is a two-gang fader with the two halves arranged back to back, so that as the gain of one half of the particular channel is increased, the other half is decreased. 1975Gramophone Dec. 1122/1 The deck was plugged into a large discothèque type console with a quadrophonic pan⁓pot in the middle.
Hence ˈpanpot v. trans., to process by means of a panpot; ˈpanpotted ppl. a., ˈpanpotting vbl. n.
1973Jrnl. Audio Engin. Soc. XXI. 3/2 The recording may..be made by ‘pan-potting’ sounds into the channels to stimulate [read simulate] pickup by directional microphones. 1976Gramophone Jan. 1269/1 This ‘pan⁓potting’ method also enabled the balance to be adjusted after the recording session. Ibid. 1269/2 The medium is largely confined to pan-potted multi-track material. |