I've just started trying to use the track panning on the machine, but I'm not sure it's working properly .... or maybe I don't fully understand what panning is supposed to sound like. I thought panning 1 channel hard left and the other channel hard right, when 2 mics are used to simultaneously record one sound (like live vocals/guitar), was designed to give a stereo effect, but maybe I've got that wrong.
For example, when I record a vocal/guitar on the first channel only, using 1 mic, with the pan set to "center", the playback sounds no different to when I record the same vocal using 1 mic in channel 1 and another mic in channel 2 (using any of the various mic stereo positions), with channel 1 panned hard left and channel 2 panned hard right. With both of these recording techniques, I get the same nice, even sound coming out of the left speaker and right speaker. I can't hear any difference. The same applies when I listen through stereo headphones. So, panning 2 channels hard left and hard right, sounds exactly the same as using only 1 channel, and having it panned to the center. Hmmm.
Why use hard left/right panning, using 2 mics, when it sounds the same as using 1 mic with panning set to center?
Can panning be used to produce a stereo sound, when 2 mics are recording the same vocal/guitar input?
I'm assuming I must be doing something wrong, so any help would be welcomed.
For example, when I record a vocal/guitar on the first channel only, using 1 mic, with the pan set to "center", the playback sounds no different to when I record the same vocal using 1 mic in channel 1 and another mic in channel 2 (using any of the various mic stereo positions), with channel 1 panned hard left and channel 2 panned hard right. With both of these recording techniques, I get the same nice, even sound coming out of the left speaker and right speaker. I can't hear any difference. The same applies when I listen through stereo headphones. So, panning 2 channels hard left and hard right, sounds exactly the same as using only 1 channel, and having it panned to the center. Hmmm.
Why use hard left/right panning, using 2 mics, when it sounds the same as using 1 mic with panning set to center?
Can panning be used to produce a stereo sound, when 2 mics are recording the same vocal/guitar input?
I'm assuming I must be doing something wrong, so any help would be welcomed.
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