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Originally Posted by Græmatter Audio  Route the output of both channels to the same stereo Aux and eq there. |
With 50-100+ audio tracks in an average mix - this is not a good option.
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Originally Posted by Græmatter Audio But frankly for any situation where you'd require linked processor settings for eq, compression etc. (i.e. correlated true stereo recordings - where image shift is usually undesirable) the Direction Mixer is inherently superior. |
I disagree. If I need 'balance' control i'd rather put a trim plugin on the track. I need to do this about 2% of the time when adjusting stereo audio tracks.
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Originally Posted by Græmatter Audio Really, the only case where dual mono panning is useful is for the situation you've described; e.g. a percussion sample lifted off an old-fashioned hard panned recording where there are distinct (non-correlated) elements contained in the individual channels, which you might want individual control over. |
I disagree. I adjust pans of stereo audio tracks all the time.
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Originally Posted by Græmatter Audio In this case processing them separately is useful and not problematic as there is no real center image to worry about. For this relatively rare situation splitting the left and right to separate channels makes perfect sense. |
Not when there are 50+++ audio tracks.... so again - I'll disagree with you. sorry.
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Originally Posted by Græmatter Audio The balance control does make sense as the default control for stereo channels as it can compensate for left-right channel imbalance in the recording without the need for individual faders. |
I'm not talking about 'recordings' made with microphones ..... I'm talking about loops, synths, all manner of musical audio that you can imagine...... FYI.
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Originally Posted by Græmatter Audio If, as you say, you are dealing with 50+ stereo tracks in a mix, I have to ask the question - are these true stereo recordings of individual elements, or are they primarily "pseudo-stereo" sources such as chorused or otherwise artificially widened sounds? |
Neither. Se above.
