leavings
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I am currently working on a project recorded at home, and having trouble creating a full stereo image. I have a few questions and any information you have I would greatly appreciate.
The tracks are recorded in stereo using Cakewalk 9, and initially I simply toyed with the panning a little bit to try and get the full stereo sound. Recently I was listening to some professional recordings, and I realized that they had duplicated a lot of the tracks (especially guitars and vocals) and spread them to opposite sides, then delayed one side by a small amount. I tried doing this with my tracks and it sounded great. However, I am concerned that it will make my recordings incompatible with any mono system. So, my questions are these:
1) Is mono compatibility something I really need to worry about? I don't imagine many people listen to music on mono systems anymore, is that true?
2) What are other drawbacks to this method of spreading out the stereo image, if any?
3) If this isn't a good idea, what other methods can I use? I can't express how much more full and complete the recording sounded when I tried this out, and I really want to maintain that sense of space. Naturally though, I want the recording to sound good to everyone. So if there are other ways to achieve that sound, I would love to try them.
For information, the music is folky, mostly acoustic guitar and vocals. There are a few other instruments, but I'm not so concerned with those. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for your help!
The tracks are recorded in stereo using Cakewalk 9, and initially I simply toyed with the panning a little bit to try and get the full stereo sound. Recently I was listening to some professional recordings, and I realized that they had duplicated a lot of the tracks (especially guitars and vocals) and spread them to opposite sides, then delayed one side by a small amount. I tried doing this with my tracks and it sounded great. However, I am concerned that it will make my recordings incompatible with any mono system. So, my questions are these:
1) Is mono compatibility something I really need to worry about? I don't imagine many people listen to music on mono systems anymore, is that true?
2) What are other drawbacks to this method of spreading out the stereo image, if any?
3) If this isn't a good idea, what other methods can I use? I can't express how much more full and complete the recording sounded when I tried this out, and I really want to maintain that sense of space. Naturally though, I want the recording to sound good to everyone. So if there are other ways to achieve that sound, I would love to try them.
For information, the music is folky, mostly acoustic guitar and vocals. There are a few other instruments, but I'm not so concerned with those. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for your help!
