miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
I can't recommend it for fattening guitars, and for me, a thread like this does benefit from staying on topic.
I don't make the rules though. That's just my opinion.
I do have a kneejerk reaction to it, mostly because there's an entire generation of 'producers' who's secret weapon is duplicating the kick drum because they read it somewhere and failed to understand what was meant.
And again...I don't think I was recommending it for fattening guitars. I do think I stated right off that for that, playing twice was the way to go.
AFA staying on topic... ....well, after 10 people come in and repeat the same thing to the OP, I think it's OK to then move on and broaden the discussion if there is something there that is interesting to discuss...and I thought the split/pan/delay topic would be interesting since there rather is a knee-jerk reaction to it as soon as it is mentioned, why, I don't know, because it can be and is used often in productions for all kind of things.
I agree that some people just take things at face value, so if someone tells them that rolling off at 250 Hz by X dBs will help remove mud on a track...they will then do that to everything all the time, but that's really no reason to avoid ever mentioning that to anyone.
IOW...misuse of a technique or production process doesn't mean we should only ever talk about stuff that works generically on everything and avoid discussing broader, maybe more specific techniques/process for fear of someone not knowing how to apply them properly.
Anyway...I'm not sure why it's such a "don't talk about it" topic when there are very valid uses to split/pan/delay that work perfectly fine...but again, we agree that it's not the thing to do for fattening guitars!
If it's too confusing to disuss it in this thread...OK, then I'll start a tread specific to it then if anyone prefers.