Ok, got another question. I mixed down multiple vocals into two tracks. Now I am putting them back with a two track music soundtrack. Should I pan the vocals left and right, or leave both of them down the middle?

i started out with music few months ago, boy i never read so many books tutorials and in forums in my life anywayz,i learned loads in this time.but i do struggle with few things like panning right why, how.i've seen that many use ratio's like 1:4 or 1:8 what is that supposed to mean,please be kind to me, i'm just an upcoming producer who loves to spread love and good music!bless

Could anyone tell me why loop effects should be panned? Is it not better to live them in mono so that they are at the center of the stereo field? Any guideline on panning them properly.

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I need to know about this hard-panning of doubled guitars. (that is computer copy-doubled)

When I hard pan 100% Left and Right, it sounds like its back to Mono ! Am I crazy.?

I've been studying several RnB and Pop mixes. I've noticed the separation that they get with the mixes among the backgrounds, leads and the instruments. It seems that the backgrounds are often being panned hard left and right with the leads, kick, bass and snare center. The instruments such as keys and guitars seem to be at 3,4,8 and 9 o'clock.

Opus, my first attempt with ghost2003 to image my os drive did not work as the spanning option would not go past the first CD. Any idea why I can't get spanning to work? I tried several times and yes, I selected spanning in the options. I must be missing something here.

Ok so I have another issue I've been wrestling with...standard panning procedures.

I guess I view a song as a tapestry, where all the nuances should have a chance to be heard.

In my last prog rock band I had a difficult time mixing so that everything had its right place in the mix.

Does anyone have a rule of thumb for first pan setting at mixdown? I've tried several mic setups XY, ORTF, and Spaced Pair but I'm yet to figure a valid start point. Either I've overlooked the pan start points or it's in none of the reading I've done.

I was thinking today about stereo--- and a paper that i wrote a while back.

If i was listning to a single point source, and i moved to the left or right of it, not only would there be an amplitude difference, but there would be a time difference as well. So if a source was to the right of me, my left ear would recieve the information slightly later then the right ear.

i was wondering how you guys pan the drum overheads. i had always done a hard left/right pan with the overheads until i read an article recently that suggested a tighter spacing made for a more realistic soundstage (something like 10 and 2 o'clock).

what does everyone else do? do you pan differently based on how you mic'ed the kit (xy vs spaced pair)?

- neil