just a Beatle Mixing quote

[CoolCat]

I thought this was interesting, stumbled across it..

Monitoring in Abbey Road.
Geoff Emerick quote:

For a while, you were monitoring in mono, even for stereo releases.
Stereo was late being introduced in England; we were quite behind the times. Up until Abbey Road, everything was monitored in mono through one loudspeaker, which was hard, but it also helped, because it's easy to get distinctive sounds between guitars if you've got them left and right. But if they're coming from one sound speaker, they merge together and it's a fight to find a place and a tone and an echo for each guitar. And then, of course, when you got it and you switched to stereo, it was wonderful. It's still a good way of putting sounds together.

full article link:
http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_geoff_emerick/index.html

 

[guido #2]

Man... I keep telling myself I am going to set up a way to mono my mixes in my studio....

Damn damn damn
Maybe it should be a New Years resolution

 

[Track Rat]

I just press the "MONO" button on the console.

 

[Feanor IV]

It seems that lots of people are fans of monitoring in mono these days

 

[ryanlikestorock]

As a mastering engineer, I get a lot of mixes that aren't at all mono-safe.

 

[guido #2]

I just press the "MONO" button on the console.

I wish my life were that simple, but I'm not set up that way

 

[rockcamaro97]

the monitor section on a "cheep" presonus HP4 headphone preamp has a mono button. I like that a lot.

Matt

 

[Dani Pace]

For me stereo is great for detail but mono is better for getting an overall balance of relative volumes. When using one source if something is too loud or too soft it is more obvious. Also mono will make any muddiness stand out more so it can be corrected.

 

[CoolCat]

As a mastering engineer, I get a lot of mixes that aren't at all mono-safe.

so are you saying you do a Mono- "check" when mastering?

 

[dkerwood]

For me, panning is one of the last things I do... So the majority of EQ, effects, mixing, etc, etc is done in mono, and than I give it depth by making it stereo.