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Which perspective do you prefer to mix your drums from? Why?
Ditto. And try not to spread them too wide.zed32 said:i usually do audience's perspective.
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to NL5 again.NL5 said:Would you really want ANYTHING from a "drummer's perspective"?!?!?!?!
Probably because stereo was just coming into being back then, and people went crazy with it. Check out some of the old Beatles recordings, with the bass in one ear and the lead vocal in another. Sounds weird from today's perspective.Chris Jahn said:a little off subject by not really, but why in older stereo recordings, especially country, and some mo-town are the drums panned hard to one side, like the whole set is over to the left or right??
RAMI said:You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to NL5 again.
Classic!
That was going to be my original answer, but I got side-tracked on NL5's response.David Katauskas said:Actually, I don't even take that into account. I just put the song within the "song's" perspective. Also, I'd guess that 99% of the listeners don't give a rats-ass about audience or drummer perspective. JMHO
SouthSIDE Glen said:I think this question should be qualified into two seperate questions. "Is there anybody who is not a drummer who mixes drums from the drummer's perspective?" - and - "Is there anybody who is a drummer who does not mix from a drummer's perspective?"
I might also point out that "mixing from a drummer's perspective" would include having the drums in the front of the mix, not amplifying the kick, and not being able to hear the rest of the band outside the bass and the lead vocals.
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Exactly! A hard-panned drum kit filling the entire sound stage is neither audience perspective or drummer perspective. It's an abstract construction.CIRO said:And, looking at the "exact" audience perspective, a hihat that in a recording mix is opened 70/80% , on a 30' stage, means a big, giant drum