The PanHandler requires a ActiveMovie/DirectX STEREO ONLY application with real-time previewing (Sound Forge, Wave Lab)

The PanHandler DirectX does NOT work with Multi-Track software, i.e., Cakewalk, VST, Cool Edit Pro, and Samplitude.

Its minimum CPU and other hardware requirements for real-time previewing using the Pentium 166.

You should use a Surround Sound receiver/decoder for monitoring, but it is not necessary for the PanHandler to operate. You can use consumer level decoders (which are readily available in any consumer electronics store). There are also a number of multimedia surround sound speaker systems and sound cards available. This requirement will vary depending upon the media used for the final product (ie: Film, Video, and/or Multimedia).

It is also highly recommended that you get the best audio cable to connect the line output of your sound card to the input of the Surround Sound receiver/decoder. A poorly designed cable only adds noise, limits frequency response, and causes a variety of phase and amplitude errors. A surround sound receiver/decoder is very sensitive to amplitude and phase errors.

Bring your project's soundtrack to life with the same 5-speaker surround sound encoding used in theaters and home theater systems. Fly-bys, precise stereo imaging and mix automation are as easy as dragging your "pan point" from one side of the PanHandler's window to another! Once you have produced a stereo soundtrack encoded for surround sound with the PanHandler, it can be accurately played back with any surround sound decoder or receiver. If played back with normal stereo equipment, the soundtrack will still have a wider sound with excellent imaging.

Now the PanHandler can be used from inside SoundForge and Wave Lab and other Two Track DirectX-compatible audio software!

Due to the nature of DirectX. The PanHandler doesn't work in Multi-Channel Applications like Cakewalk Pro Audio, SAW32/SAWPRO, and Cubase VST.

The PanHandler is a Surround Sound Panning and Encoding Plug-in for SAWPlus, Cool Edit Pro, Adobe Premiere and DirectX Applications. It is compatible with professional and home surround sound decoders. Fundamentally, the PanHandler pans and encodes a sound source in Surround Sound. Then when the sound is played back on a Surround Sound receiver/decoder playback unit, it is played back exactly as it was panned and encoded.

The PanHandler consists of a LCRS 4-way panning system, and surround encoder. It correctly simulates LCR panpots with it's built in 4-way panner. Each channel (LCRS) is independently panned and sent to the surround encoder.