Panning Better????????

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If would like to obtain cleaner samples by panning toward the area of the sound field were the elemnt that I would like to sample lies. What would be the hardware or software option that I could use to do this?
 
batchmister1 said:
If would like to obtain cleaner samples by panning toward the area of the sound field were the elemnt that I would like to sample lies. What would be the hardware or software option that I could use to do this?
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Hi BM1,
Might be just me, but I'm not quite 'getting' you there mate.....could u use more detail?
Regards,
Superspit.
 
Yep, your question is baffling. Rewording might be in effect. Go into more detail about what you are trying to do... are you sampling off a cd?
 
I want to be able to pan a record so that I can extract a sample from it.
I need another device to do this? Don't get it twisted i am not asking how to pan a sound within the MPC. While recording in I want to know how to pan the record so that I can isolate the sound that I will sample into the MPC.

2. Software Wise: What wave editor would be the best option to do the above?
 
I have been sampling mp3s in a wave editor (Cool Edit Pro 2.0). I don't completely understand the panning function in Cool Edit. It is a very simple function but it is practically usless. Please bear in mind I am trying to sample music from the 60s and 70s... the elements that I am trying to sample would be captured better if I I could pan to the region where the sound is located. I can make the pan function (in Cool Edit Pro 2.0) do some crazy thing but instead of using a knob (like the one in my sequencer) there are two graphs (Center Channel Pan & Stereo Expand) that one can manipulate. I figure I would be all set if there was a wave editor that had a pan function that could sample a band of the sound field or at least a general area of a sound field.

If I cannot sample as well as I would like by using software, I would want to buy some hardware.
 
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I'm not sure if I understand you either. What I think you are saying is that you want to take some parts of the mix and leave out others.

I'm not convinced that panning will achieve that unless you are very fortunate (and then you would have done it easily). There are numerous signals on both sides of the stereo image, some of which you won't want. That depth is probably done with mic placement and some EQ.

You may be able to cut out some of the signal you dont want using a FIR filter (cool edit FFT would do it), but I doubt the results will be that good unless it is something occupying its own space - bass maybe?
 
If I follow your question. If you're taking a sample of a stereo track but want to get just one side or the other, you could get there by converting the track (or recording or importing it) to a pair mono tracks, or just connect and record only one side.
With Mid-Side you can also zero in on the center mono content or just the side (L or R) with the center info minimized.
 
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If I follow your question. If you're taking a sample of a stereo track but want to get just one side or the other, you could get there by converting the track (or recording or importing it) to a pair mono tracks, or just connect and record only one side.
With Mid-Side you can also zero in on the center mono content or just the side (L or R) with the center info minimized.
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I'm sure Cool Edit can handle that too!!, albeit a little differently!!
 
batchmister1 said:
If would like to obtain cleaner samples by panning toward the area of the sound field were the elemnt that I would like to sample lies. What would be the hardware or software option that I could use to do this?
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Are you just wanting to pull a sample from within a track. In a sense cut out one isolated sound out of a track....like bass or something? If so it is done with eq not panning. cutting out the freq that are higher and lower than the sound like this...............It prob will not sound good thou.
http://www.electrixpro.com/products/resources/eqkiller_video1.html
zoom in on the track so you can see what you are cutting.


I dont know what you are asking dude. The only other way i could read this is you want to take a sample and place it in the mix coming from a certain location and that is just done by layn it in the mix as an added track and then panning it ...so?

I am no expert this is just my 2c......hope it helps you in some way;)
 
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