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djclueveli
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is it better to record a lead vocal in mono and then make a duplicate of the track and then hard pann them? or it doesnt make a difference (besides putting effects on them seperately)
bennychico11
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djclueveli said:
why do you need to? is the mono one not loud enough for you?
or are you talking about trying to do a pseudo-doubling effect?
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danny.guitar
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A mono source (panned center) will be played on both the left and right speakers equally.
If you want to do a doubling effect or something, or apply an effect to just one channel (L or R), or control the volume of the L&R channels separately, then that's when you should duplicate the track, and then pan them hard left and hard right.
If you want to do a doubling effect or something, or apply an effect to just one channel (L or R), or control the volume of the L&R channels separately, then that's when you should duplicate the track, and then pan them hard left and hard right.
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djclueveli
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yea i was jus aiming to make it sounded wider. It seems to sound better when i listened in mono than jus havin one mono track but maybe i'm jus imagining it
bennychico11
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you're imagining it.
taking a single mono track and panning it in the middle....makes the volume equal in both speakers. Which in turn makes it sound like it's coming from the middle.
Taking that same mono track, duplicating it and panning both tracks hard L/R...makes the signal play out both speakers evenly. Except now, because of Pan Laws (look that up, btw), it sounds louder. About +3dB louder. But it still is coming out both speakers evenly, and from what we deduced above...if the sound comes out of both speakers evenly, it sounds like it's coming from the middle.
So in other words, all you've accomplished is making the sound louder. And wasted hard drive space
If you want to work on doubling, you'll just need to record it again...or play with phasing tricks (ie. chorus, or nudging one of the tracks slightly).
If you want to make it sound wider, you'll have to work on the mix some more. A combination of delays, reverb, stereo wideners, etc. can help with this.
taking a single mono track and panning it in the middle....makes the volume equal in both speakers. Which in turn makes it sound like it's coming from the middle.
Taking that same mono track, duplicating it and panning both tracks hard L/R...makes the signal play out both speakers evenly. Except now, because of Pan Laws (look that up, btw), it sounds louder. About +3dB louder. But it still is coming out both speakers evenly, and from what we deduced above...if the sound comes out of both speakers evenly, it sounds like it's coming from the middle.
So in other words, all you've accomplished is making the sound louder. And wasted hard drive space
If you want to work on doubling, you'll just need to record it again...or play with phasing tricks (ie. chorus, or nudging one of the tracks slightly).
If you want to make it sound wider, you'll have to work on the mix some more. A combination of delays, reverb, stereo wideners, etc. can help with this.
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djclueveli
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thanks guys