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Mixing in mono methods, turn off speakers, plugin, panning
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| Sound O fTrance |
My current setup is tight and I need an easy method to monitor my mixes in Mono when needed (without turning off speakers physically).
I have two monitors and 1 subwoofer in the center. If I were to place a mono plugin on my master bus, and pan everything to 1 speaker, would this constitute a proper mono mix? |
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| adi_hanson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sound O fTrance
My current setup is tight and I need an easy method to monitor my mixes in Mono when needed (without turning off speakers physically).
I have two monitors and 1 subwoofer in the center. If I were to place a mono plugin on my master bus, and pan everything to 1 speaker, would this constitute a proper mono mix? |
On FLS you have a stereo seperation knob on every channel including the master.Is that also a good way of checking the mono?
Seems to be alot on this recently but yet i also know nothing about checking it. |
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| kitphillips |
| Just put the plugin on the master. Done. |
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| palm |
| some of the point with mixing in mono is also to have the monitor in center. get a third monitor and make a separate mono bus to it? place it directly over your computer screen or something. |
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| G-Con |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sound O fTrance
My current setup is tight and I need an easy method to monitor my mixes in Mono when needed (without turning off speakers physically).
I have two monitors and 1 subwoofer in the center. If I were to place a mono plugin on my master bus, and pan everything to 1 speaker, would this constitute a proper mono mix? |
You just need to put the mono plugin on your master, no need to pan everything to one speaker. Leave all your pans as they are. |
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| Sound O fTrance |
| quote: | Originally posted by G-Con
You just need to put the mono plugin on your master, no need to pan everything to one speaker. Leave all your pans as they are. |
The only reason I want to pan after I place the mono plugin on my master bus is so that I don't have a fale stereo impression with both monitors and my sub working. I'd prefer working with a single speaker as opposed to three (two heads and 1 sub).
I obviously have the option to turn off one of the monitors, but without doing so, would panning to the right speaker be ok? Or would that defeat the purpose of the mono plugin and screw with the overall sound? |
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| G-Con |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sound O fTrance
The only reason I want to pan after I place the mono plugin on my master bus is so that I don't have a fale stereo impression with both monitors and my sub working. I'd prefer working with a single speaker as opposed to three (two heads and 1 sub).
I obviously have the option to turn off one of the monitors, but without doing so, would panning to the right speaker be ok? Or would that defeat the purpose of the mono plugin and screw with the overall sound? |
I think that would screw with the mix. When a mix is in mono, you can still hear a difference when you alter the panning on a channel. Obviously not in terms of left or right but say for example, you had two sounds playing at the same time. Both are panned hard left. Then you bring one of them 50% left. You will notice a difference in doing this, even in mono. It is a good way to find the sweet spot of your pan to achieve better clarity between sounds. |
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| Nightshift |
1. Put on plugin to convert to mono
2. turn off or turn down completely one of you speakers
3. face the speaker that is not turned off
no need for any panning |
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| Sound O fTrance |
| gotcha, thank you |
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| music2dance2 |
| What night shift said. |
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