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| moog_baby |
| Is it ok to have your drums mono..or do they all need a stereo track..? |
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| Producer |
| Drums should be in mono except if there is some reverb on the sample or if it is a stereoloop. |
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| moog_baby |
| why should they be in mono..what difference does it make if they are stereo..? |
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| Producer |
Well, it's just that drums, most of the time are in mono. A kickdrum is not a stereo-track. Nor is a snare, open or closed hihat etc. Some sounds like claps can be in stereo if they have reverb on it or some other effect, but i see no reason to have other drums in stereo because it would be a waste of tracks and it might f*** up the mix if you are not careful.
If you do have drum samples in stereo, it might just be a mono-track slightly panned to one side, or as i said before with fx on it. Crashes might sometimes be in stereo, but then there may be 2 different crashes panned out to each side. |
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| ManTrance |
This thread sounds a bit mullered. Not sure what is trying to be said here, but this is my take on it.
Panning on percs can sound gud, but it needs to be done very carefully, very subtale (Im drunk, can't spell, hopefull you'll know what I mean)!
I try to pan my hi-hats equally, i.e. high freq to the left, middle to the right etc. etc, with some bongo's etc. dead center. |
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| NeoPhono |
| I think it's pretty common to have sixteenth note type percussion in stereo. PVD for instance LOVES to pan his sixteenth note high hats. He usually does one beat left, one beat right, etc. I also use that same technique and I think it adds a lot both spatially and makes it more interesting. I do agree that the "core" of kick and snare should almost always be dead center. Although in modern rock and pop tracks many times you may have them both slightly left or right to produce a more "live" sound. (If you were sitting in a room with a band, the kit is probably not dead center, unless mic'ed through a PA to sound that way.) |
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| Producer |
| I'd like to clear up what i meant so no one missunderstands me...i'm talking about the tracks..kicks and stuff. I'm not saying you shouldn't pan your sounds, please do, but a panned hihat or perc is still a mono track. |
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| advocate |
This thread really interests me, because I've often wondered about this myself.
I've also wondered where to pan the main lead in a mix. Should it be centre or slightly panned?
Sorry if I'm steering away from the topic slightly.
A list of where people tend to pan each instrument would be interesting. |
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| Luke Terry |
| the 4/4 BD needs to be centred, would sound weird tailing off or being panned to either channel. however, most percs are panned to give a fuller sound. a lot of sounds often start in one channel and have delay/reverb feedback in the other, eg clap sounds. |
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| moog_baby |
| I wanted to know about stereo and mono not panning as such.... |
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| Massive84 |
kick and base always center..its what keeps the track going..imagine you are in sensation, and you hear on left side the kick better, and on your right the base better..
i learned so far, if you pan synths you need to ask your self do i need to do that? say you have many instruments,melodies, riffs going on..then yes...because if you don'tit all gets chaotic and everything plays above each other.. |
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| josh |
how about u do a stereo and a mono and lsiten on ur headphone to get the differences. Of course with other elements.
Kick to be on the center to guide it throughout the song. When i mean centre = mono.
Some engineers who did a band recording often uses mono kick drum on the track. because they wan it to be in centre and not stereo wide out.
Just my 2cents of what I learnt in sch the last time.:D |
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