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how often do you pan your instruments?
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| ezbeats |
| i havent used this too much, as it sounds too amateur when i try to use it, so i dont try too often. but ive been noticing a lot more lately in many songs things are panned to only the left or right channel. things such as the clap every 2 beats, or the open highhat between beats even. and it sounds good. i would notice a new song that did this and point it out to my girlfriend, and she would have to re-hear only to agree with me. we both just werent noticing it. the only reason i can come up with is that it would help to keep the sound more clear and precise, not all congested at times when the song is really moving. any ideas or thoughts? am i just crazy?:crazy: |
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| mantisnl |
i mostly pan the leads etc a bit.
not too much tho, and a very fast pan from left 2 right and back :) |
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| danielrong |
| i usually pan small instruments(like small hats etc.) that dont get through in the mix to make them more audible |
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| dj-sean |
Most of my stuff is usually panned to some extent. Kicks and Bassline obviously is not, and leads aren't always, but most of my other elements usually have some amount of panning on them.
Another trick is to create a stereo seperation, whereby you pan one sound both all the way to the left AND all the way to the right. This seperation can make things stand out more in the mix. |
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| Darrax |
I like to pan rex drum loops in reason and also lead sounds slighty from left to right using the matrix.
Try a few delys as well at the same time as panning and you can get some really trippy effects if you have one left and one right. Panning can sound really nice on smooth pad sounds in trance as well. :happy2:
Darrax... |
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| iLLicit |
Yeah, off course you should pan instruments. Some I pan all the way to the left/right, some more in the middle. It just depends on what kind of instruments you are talking about.
But is is really important, because by panning things you get more room for other instruments. And you also get a 'wider' track, because you are using more stereo. |
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| sick_boy_tommy |
| I read somewhere, that you should pan all instruments the same way as they are placed in a big orchestra. I'm not saying the cellos should be exactly in the same place as in those set ups, because very few of those instruments are used in trance obviously. What I mean is, instruments should be panned by their roughness/smoothness. I can't remember which way it actually was, but I believe the softer the sound, the further it should be panned. Or vice versa. God I have an awful headache... :nervous: |
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| GelatinPufF |
| quote: | Originally posted by sick_boy_tommy
What I mean is, instruments should be panned by their roughness/smoothness. I can't remember which way it actually was, but I believe the softer the sound, the further it should be panned. Or vice versa. God I have an awful headache... :nervous: |
Or position in the frequency spectrum? Higher frequencies = pan more, lower frequencies = pan less. |
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