
Dogman
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I wish to follow what sounds good and that's stereo drums. You can pretend to be retro avant-garde all day long. Your mono drums will still sound like ass.![]()
Doesn't everyone know, farts are always mono?

I wish to follow what sounds good and that's stereo drums. You can pretend to be retro avant-garde all day long. Your mono drums will still sound like ass.![]()
Doesn't everyone know, farts are always mono?![]()
Drums are not a mono instrument. Record them that way if you want, but they'll sound better in stereo.
And I think what Gerg means is, when you mixdown, a stereo mix gives a better representaion of what a drumkit truly sounds like....if you want a different sound, then go ahead and experiment.
My brain hurts.
If it's hurts on both sides, it's stereo. Otherwise...
That is a binaural recording. That's a completely different subject.Well maybe I have been confused all these years but I always thought that a true stereo recording had to be done with two microphones placed only about 6 to 8 inches apart. Kinda like the way our ears are placed.![]()
Yes, experiment yourself silly, and then go back to the stereo drum mix because it will inevitably sound better.![]()
IMHO, stereo recording means placing two identical microphones from the source with the same gain setting, the same distance away, and letting the source provide locational cues by getting being louder in one microphone then the other provided that the microphones are panned hard left and right. If both microphones recieve the same signal at the same amplitude the sound will appear to be between the speakers - in the center.
you just generally get more subtle details in stereo but i use mono drums once in a while for hip hop tracks.. best thing is to experiment, for example you might want a mono kick but a stereo snare etc.. depends on the balance
you just generally get more subtle details in stereo but i use mono drums once in a while for hip hop tracks.. best thing is to experiment, for example you might want a mono kick but a stereo snare etc.. depends on the balance