When listening to some songs, one can hear that a vocal or some sound come from both left and right speakers. How do they split it? Create 2 similar clips and pan them on both sides?
May-06-2009 18:41
cryophonik
Boom shanka
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Elk Grove, CA USA
It's pretty common to double-track (or triple-track, quadruple-track, etc.) tracks and pan them apart to create a wide stereo image and natural chorus effect, particularly with vocals. The trick is to get the singer to perform the takes as close to identical as possible, and the inherent variability in pitch creates a much fuller vocal sound - pretty much the same concept as detuning oscillators on a synth.
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May-06-2009 18:58
Zak McKracken
Trance
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add chorus
May-06-2009 19:10
Microlab
Suspended User
Registered: Jul 2008
Location: behind the cow
Ok, if you have a minute to spend, can you check atb - fields of love as an example track and possibly explain how that guitar at the very beginning creates a feeling of presence in both speakers?
May-06-2009 19:17
cryophonik
Boom shanka
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Elk Grove, CA USA
Hard to tell on my work speakers and without headphones, but it sounds like the main track is panned slightly right with a very short slap-back delay panned slightly left, all combined with a stereo ping-pong delay (?).