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| Audio Engineering Discuss audio engineering techniques such as mic placement, technique, and gear selection. Discuss the recording of drums, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, vocals, and more. |
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90% of the tracks in my mixes are hard left right or center.
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This can get difficult to do at times. For example, a rock band with one guitar player who refuses to double causes the mix to sound one sided if he's hard panned, but fights the vocal too much if it's center panned. I know some guys toss a reverb on the other side hard panned to balance out a single panned guitar, but then you have to be very careful with predelay. I never hard pan drums. I hate the sound of toms coming out of one speaker, personally. I have done mono drums many times and I tend to like that when it fits the song/project. Brandon |
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Chris, Brandon or anyone.... good subject.....! I do both center/LR and all over the place depending on what it is but one thing has always intrigued me... When listening to a number of Steve Vai albums and cuts, I hear cuts that have little to NO center information just hard L/R panning... and they sound magnificent... especially when summed to mono... I know the 3000 played a big roll in tracking but does anyone have any info or tips on how this was achieved? I know they used tons of delays, pitch shifts and verb layers not to mention the sounds are great already but I've never been able to pull it off... any help is appreciated... |
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You've got me! In my experience, the wider you go the more problems you have in mono, but I don't give a damn what something sounds like in mono. I can't remember the last time I head anything in mono. Brandon |
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What do they do with the bass in this situation? Are they leaving it center? I've done a hardcore punk project where I panned the guitar on one side and the bass on the other. Brandon |
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I'm curious about the drums in the Via record. Were they clearly on one side? Brandon |
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