Audio Track Panning

Hi
I'm re-doing my autoload template in LE 8, and have a question. I'm sending 3 audio tracks to an aux track for effects processing. The audio tracks are set as mono tracks. When I record a region to these tracks, there's no panning on the individual tracks, only on the aux which I'm using as a submix. The Audio Instrument tracks I'm doing the same thing with don't behave this way. There's no stereo option at the bottom of the Channel Strip for the Audio Instruments, but panning is available on these individual tracks as well as the aux submix. I assume I'm not understanding something about what's going on with stereo and mono tracks, and about why Audio and Audio Instrument tracks don't act the same way. Any help?

+"When I record a region to these tracks, there's no panning on the individual tracks"+
Surely this is normal on Audio Tracks being recorded? Panning might be confusing (especially if you're recording with your headphones off one ear, as is quite popular)…
Could you be really clear about which Window you are looking at for each of the stages you describe? I'm not sure there actually is a problem here at all… in fact, you haven't really said specifically: what is the problem?
(Not trying to be hard on you here; just trying to follow what you're saying so we can sort it out without too much guesswork at our end.)

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Message was edited by: Dan Foley

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