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fifthcircle · 19th November 2008

You could also look at many of the summing mixers out there. There is a very successful school of engineering that only uses hard pans- Left, Center, Right. When I do large ensemble recording, I largely follow this procedure as partial pannings seem to get lost in the image. The only place I'll occasionally use a partial pan is with soloists.

That being said, I record off my pres through converters into a DAW. The mix happens there. In the DAW, I have full control over exactly how I want my audio presented- from l-r image (pans), to delays, reverb, etc...

--Ben

19th November 2008	#7
fifthcircle Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,322	You could also look at many of the summing mixers out there. There is a very successful school of engineering that only uses hard pans- Left, Center, Right. When I do large ensemble recording, I largely follow this procedure as partial pannings seem to get lost in the image. The only place I'll occasionally use a partial pan is with soloists. That being said, I record off my pres through converters into a DAW. The mix happens there. In the DAW, I have full control over exactly how I want my audio presented- from l-r image (pans), to delays, reverb, etc... --Ben __________________ Benjamin Maas Fifth Circle Audio Long Beach, CA http://www.fifthcircle.com