It is interesting on the panning issue, because I work hard to move things around in the stereo field, but I think here is what happened on one song in particular.

I normally to just add depth to the vocal line:
a) keep the lead vox line dry, centered or just at -5, +5 (left/right). I then
b) copy that track, add reverb, chorus and maybe one more thing, if interesting,
c) pan it to 50-60,
d) offset it 25ms and
e) turn the volume way, way down.

On one song, I seemed to have the lead vox line at -15 and the doubled line at -70 (a little left heavy). On this same song, the BIAB drummer (centered) has a strong cymbal crash going on in the right speaker (I have no control over the individual drum parts) so this song had an appearance of poor instrument spacing -- but it really didn't (OK, so maybe it did -- ha, ha). So, on this tune I am pulling in the vox depth track, accenting the couple instruments on the left in order to overcome that cymbal crash.

I am going to re-think where I put that doubled vocal line. The panning has worked OK in the past, but it has turned into a "knee-jerk" reaction -- which is not a good thing. So the moral to the story here might be -- double check your normal modus operandi to make sure it fits in EVERY situation.

OK that was song #1, now I have got to go find out what was wrong with a couple of others (he did say some of the mixes were good and the panning properly done).

Colin: I will listen to your mix later today and get back to you

To the others: I'll take a look at those links -- I think I have all the gizmos I need (except for monitors and/or good headphones) -- just need to learn how to use them.

Big Jim: One of my favorite bands, Counting Crows, tend to pan those electric guitars hard sometimes.

Kevin

Last edited by Kevin Emmrich; 03/04/11 09:26 AM.
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