Pan changes Volume levels.

[Terry Wetzel]

I'm curious as to why, after auto writing the volume and pan settings on several tracks in a session, if I then change the pan settings the volume also changes? Maybe I'm not looking at this logically but I see no logic in having to redo the channel volume settings just because the panning didn't suit me. Why are the two linked? This may turn out to be the dumb question of the day so if it is, forgive my stupidity. Thanks

[Drew Mazurek]

Google "pan law" as a start.

Then of course there it the perceptual change.

[albee1952]

Or is one of your monitors wired reverse polarity? If this were so, anything panned to the center would disappear(mostly or completely) but would get louder as it was panned off to either side

[Terry Wetzel]

albee. Thanks but with my rig it's just the opposite. Tracks panned center or to whatever degree I mixed them at are ok but If I change the degree of channel pan after I mix them to try for a better mix, those tracks change the volume level of that particular track. When you say reversed polarity are you talking about the 3 pin cables that carry the audio from my interface to the speakers? (Sorry I can't remember the proper name right now), or are you referring to the ac power cables?