Adding stereo width to your tracks
What techniques do you use to give your tracks a nice stereo feel? Obviously there are "stereo widener" tools that work by putting a slight delay on either the left or the right channel, but what about other techniques? Some of the ones I use:
1. For pads, make two instances of a synth, panning one hard and the other hard right and tuning one slightly higher or lower than the other.
2. For hi-hats, using two different samples, one panned left and the other right; or two instances of a single sample, panned to either side with one tuned slightly higher or lower than the other.
3. For snares, using three samples; one in the center and turned up the loudest; two different samples, with one panned hard to each side and turned down softer than the center sample.
4. For synth sounds, panning the sound itself hard to one side and a delay hard to the other side.
5. Automated panning.
Any tips / tricks for giving your tracks and sounds some stereo width?
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