music-score/docs/musicxml-spec/elements/pan.md

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pan

The element

Parent element:

    <midi-instrument>

The and elements allow placing of sound in a 3-D space relative to the listener. Both are expressed in degrees ranging from -180 to 180. For pan, 0 is straight ahead, -90 is hard left, 90 is hard right, and -180 and 180 are directly behind the listener.

Content

rotation-degrees

Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

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