When I bounce everything down and import the tracks to Pro Tools every single track is in stereo (by default I would guess,) but my question is should actual tracks be split into mono or panned to center for example (kick drum, hi-hat,snare,clap,) I’ve been told that drums should be in mono and also other instruments such as a guitar or sub bass ? I’ve heard that there are no “rules” to mixing but I’m sure there are guidelines as to what instruments should be placed where and what should be in mono/stereo…….especially since in my situation because all of my production is from a DAW. All of my production comes from a DAW and are MIDI tracks so nothing is recorded with a microphone. In most situations when I search for answers on this topic the videos/articles I find are about “recorded” tracks. I have a question regarding the mono/stereo topic. Interesting and very educational exercise. The stage mic version was louder and all sections were in the correct location but, to my surprise (per the stage mic positions hype) it was not as clear sounding and was less close to the reference recording. In the narrowed stereo/panned version it was easier to hear the different sections clearly just like I could hear in the reference recording. Then created a mix with the stage mic positions as recorded by EWQLSO and did not pan anything (because in theory the sections are already recorded in the correct stage positions).įor reference, I used a midi file I snagged off the web of a soundtrack orchestral piece I was familiar with and had a CD to use for reference against the EWQLSO midi created version.Ĭomparing the two mixes I came to this opinion. I created a mix narrowing the stereo width using the Logic Pro direction mixer to 0.4 and then panned the orchestra sections to adjust for that. Graham, followed your advice to try it and see. But to Graham’s orginal point, totally agree: the more mono, the easier to get a good stereo mix! I can’t tell you the number of times someone has sent me,say, their drum tracks and they would ALL be stereo! So I spend the first 1/2 hour or so converting everything to mono! Reply There’s no 1 right way on this, but just a way I’ve found that works. That can have a nice effect overall in the mix, but still keep the pan where I need it to be.
Also, I sometimes won’t set the pans at the exact same level…I might do 1 left 60 and the other left 45 or something. So it depends on the situation and the sound I’m after. In other words, the mono version just sounds different to me. In such a case, I find that even if I place both the pan knobs of that stereo track left or right that the over character of the sound remains more or less whole than if I just laid it down mono. In that case, I will lay down the pad as a stereo audio in Pro Tools.
But, some pads have certain character in stereo even with all the fx turned off in the Motif. In that instance, I keep the fx off and just send the pad as mono to a mono audio track in Pro Tools. But, if I turn off all the on board fx in the Motif I find that many of them are fine as mono. Let’s say I’m going to use a pad off my Yamaha Motif XS8. Roger – Let me try to explain a bit better.
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