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?

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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add chorus

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?

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 (?).

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This is a cool trick.

Just take a sound, duplicate it, pan each to left and right.

And then just push one of them forward in milliseconds to you get the desired effect you want.

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Originally posted by Subtle This is a cool trick. Just take a sound, duplicate it, pan each to left and right. And then just push one of them forward in milliseconds to you get the desired effect you want.

wut does it sound like?

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Originally posted by orTofønChiLd wut does it sound like?

like mono incompatibility

Be careful with the trick subtle mentioned. You will most likely get phase issues which are especially apparent when summing the mix to mono.