Audio mixing software replaces pan pots with on-screen virtual knobs or sliders which function like their physical counterparts.
"Pan pots split audio signals into left and right channels, each equipped with its own discrete gain (volume) control.
"Signal passes through both the channels at an equal volume while the pan pot points directly north.
An audio pan pot can be used in a mix to create the impression that a source is moving from one side of the soundstage to the other, although ideally there would be timing (including phase and Doppler effects), filtering and reverberation differences present for a more complete picture of apparent movement within a defined space.
[4] Ubiquitous in the Billboard charts throughout the middle and late 1960s, clear examples include the Beatles's "Strawberry Fields Forever" and Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze", Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City".