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title: Balance
framework: quicktime-file-format
role: symbol
role_heading: Data field
path: quicktime-file-format/sound_media_information_header_atom/balance
---

# Balance

A 16-bit integer that specifies the sound balance of this sound media.

## Overview

Overview Sound balance is the setting that controls the mix of sound between the two speakers of a computer. This field is normally set to 0. See Balance for more information about balance values.

## See Also

### Data fields

- [Size](quicktime-file-format/sound_media_information_header_atom/size.md)
- [Type](quicktime-file-format/sound_media_information_header_atom/type.md)
- [Version](quicktime-file-format/sound_media_information_header_atom/version.md)
- [Flags](quicktime-file-format/sound_media_information_header_atom/flags.md)
- [Reserved](quicktime-file-format/sound_media_information_header_atom/reserved.md)