another stereo mono thread

[jugalo180]

i am mixing down in sonic foundry acid. i have strings, high hats, kick, cymbols..... recorded from the korg triton to a stereo track. i recorded it through the mixer. since i was not doing any live recording with those actual instruments, would i be better off sending it from the triton into acid as a mono track then copy and paste it to a seperate track, add the delays plus effects to one side? since i am recording vocals into one mic should i also record those into mono tracks?

 

[eeldip]

i am having trouble figuring out what is going on here... so let me tell you how i would do it:

first, ditch the mixer: go straight into the computer from the triton, stereo in, to one stereo "track" or two mono tracks panned hard left and right.

then add the vocals on top of that on to mono tracks...

nothing more than that.. the effects should be applied as sends i think.


another option is to send out the different instruments from the triton to seperate tracks (you will have to line them up manually if the instruments outnumber your outputs and inputs...) that way you can apply effects to the instruments individually.

 

[mixsit]

i am mixing down in sonic foundry acid. i have strings, high hats, kick, cymbols..... recorded from the korg triton to a stereo track. i recorded it through the mixer. since i was not doing any live recording with those actual instruments, would i be better off sending it from the triton into acid as a mono track then copy and paste it to a seperate track, add the delays plus effects to one side? since i am recording vocals into one mic should i also record those into mono tracks?

Are the instruments all comming from the korg? And is there anything 'stereo' about them? -panning, effects, 'stereo' sounding instruments? Then keep them 2-track panned or stereo like Eeldip mentioned. The 'mono-with delay' thing sounds like you might be trying to do the 'make a mono track fake stereo'.(??)
Wayne

 

[jugalo180]

originally posted by eeldip

first, ditch the mixer: go straight into the computer from the triton, stereo in, to one stereo "track" or two mono tracks panned hard left and right.

then add the vocals on top of that on to mono tracks...

nothing more than that.. the effects should be applied as sends i think.


another option is to send out the different instruments from the triton to seperate tracks (you will have to line them up manually if the instruments outnumber your outputs and inputs...) that way you can apply effects to the instruments individually..

originally posted by mixsit

Are the instruments all comming from the korg? And is there anything 'stereo' about them? -panning, effects, 'stereo' sounding instruments? Then keep them 2-track panned or stereo like Eeldip mentioned. The 'mono-with delay' thing sounds like you might be trying to do the 'make a mono track fake stereo'.(??)

i'm asking this question to make sure i understand the both of you. since the instruments are coming out of the triton dry, then i could just record them into the computer on a mono track, and if i want them to have a stereo sound i can do the Big Mono technique(faux stereo)? now if the instrument out of the triton has any stereo effect only then would it be necessary to record it to a stereo track?

 

[mixsit]

"since the instruments are coming out of the triton dry, then i could just record them into the computer on a mono track, and if i want them to have a stereo sound i can do the Big Mono technique(faux stereo)? "

Yes on both.

"now if the instrument out of the triton has any stereo effect only then would it be necessary to record it to a stereo track? "

I figured the strings might be 2 track, or the drums might be, in which case that might be beter than echo-stereo.
Wayne

 

[TexRoadkill]

I wouldn't worry so much about delays and faux stereo techniques. Just record the instruments to their own mono tracks. Then pan and add reverb accordingly to create a believable sound stage. When you add reverb it will obscure your stereo panning so use it sparingly if you want the stereo panning to be obvious.

 

[eeldip]

yea, what he said.


i have a feeling that a couple of your sounds may have some sort of stereo thing going on with them. (the drums may have panning, strings may have stereo chorusing, even if you dont have reverb on, some of the sounds may have stereo reverb built into them) figure out if this is the case.

if it isnt feel free to run them out mono.


ps. i really do think you should send the instruments out individually or in a few groups and line them up in acid. it will give you a lot more freedom at mixdown...

lots of times a track sounds cool by itself, then you add vocals and realize that they are fighting with another lead or a keyboard pad or something like that... if you dont have the freedom to turn down the offending instrument, then yuo have to turn down ALL of the backing tracks. this sort of sucks. and will contribute to a "karaoke" feel to your music.