AUTO PAN

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Controls

• Rate0.1 to 10 Hz — Speed of the sine LFO in free-running mode.
• Depth0 to 100% — How far the LFO pushes the signal between left and right; at 0% both sides sit at half level.
• Mix0 to 100% — Blend between the dry signal and the panned signal.
• Tempo SyncOFF / ON — Locks the LFO rate to the project tempo instead of the Rate slider.
• Subdivision1/2 / 1/4 / 1/8 / 1/16 — LFO cycle length when synced: 1/2 = one sweep every two beats, up to 1/16 = four sweeps per beat.
• ModeSINE / 2 STEPS / 4 STEPS / 8 STEPS / L-C-R / R-C-L — SINE sweeps smoothly; the step modes jump between pan positions once per LFO cycle: 2 STEPS (left, right), 4 STEPS (left, center, right, center), 8 STEPS (a stepped sweep) or the L-C-R and R-C-L paths.
• Smoothing0 to 100% — In the step modes, how much of each step is spent gliding to the new position (0% = an instant, click-free jump).

Best uses

• Moving pads and synth beds
• Rhythmic tempo-synced panning on guitars or keys
• Subtle stereo motion on ambience returns
• Ping-pong style movement on percussion loops

Properties

Input → Sine LFO (free or tempo-synced) → opposite gain curves on L and R → Dry/Wet Mix → Output. Each channel keeps its own content (no channel crossfeed) and the effect has zero latency.

Formats

• JSFXJSFX for REAPER, with REAPER's own sliders
• GFXJSFX GFX for REAPER, with its own interface
• VST3VST3 for any DAW
• CLAPCLAP for any DAW

Factory presets

Slow Pad Drift · Ambience Motion · Fast Keys Tremolo · Quarter Note Pan · Eighth Note Guitar · Sixteenth Percussion · Ping Pong Quarters · Hard Ping Pong Eighths · L-C-R Eighths · Stepped Sweep Sixteenths · Four Step Bounce · Slow Path Drift

In the FX chains and Rack presets

Fragment Gate · Motion Pad · Stepped Autopan · Triple Mod

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