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Panning instruments
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| RickyM |
| Anyone got anytips for panning instruments? |
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| Atlantis-AR |
| Use the Waves S1-Imager as a stereo balance control. :cool: |
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| Aquarian |
In the sense of hardware/software to use or how to do it?
I'd say as a general rule I never pan more than 66% on either side, and only 33% if it's a dominant instrument. Leads, basses, and kicks are always dead center. Then I always try to have an echo on the opposite side to compensate. |
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| RIPassion |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aquarian
Leads are always dead center. |
No, but you do have to be careful panning something like a lead to one side because when sounded in stereo, although it may sound great, the conversion to mono may cause (severe) phase cancellation. Go to listen to Bypass - Cyberia (old Ferry track). Listen to it in headphones and hear the lead way panned in stereo. Switch to mono and you can't even hear the lead, it's nuts. :) |
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| Aquarian |
| who uses mono anyways? :p |
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| pho mo |
random ideas :
Lots of VSTis have built in panning features, either in their effects bank or with routable LFOs. Some can spread their oscillators out over the stereo field.
Cubase has the midi autopan plugin which is great.
Antares Filter has 4 multimode filters that can be individually panned
Automate panning of instruments in your mixer when layering additional sounds - bring them to the centre when playing individually, and pan them left/right when layered. |
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| TVG |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aquarian
who uses mono anyways? :p |
Umm most big sound systems are in mono. |
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| Freak |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aquarian
who uses mono anyways? :p |
99.9% of nightclubs in the world |
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| RickyM |
| Well i never used to pan anything (noob style) - but now what I would do is pan hihat patterns to different sides and panning FX - and sometimes if its a lead/arpeggio pan some notes to left and right. |
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| RickyM |
| Well i never used to pan anything (noob style) - but now what I would do is pan hihat patterns to different sides and panning FX - and sometimes if its a lead/arpeggio pan some notes to left and right. |
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| JustinMead |
| Ya i recently learned about panning. Well not learned i knew about into but i couldnt use it effectivly. But recenlty in a song i had the kick and snares pan at diffrent points and in head phones it made your head go crazy :whip: |
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| Jinyun |
| panning is really important imo, help create a nice stereo field, I use cubase so its easy enough to do. I usually pan my hats too in beats, which i think works well. |
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