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Originally Posted by chris carter  lol.... seriously though. I have three places I pan stuff. Left, right and center. |
huh? are you serious?
i'm confused, are you saying you only pan 100% to the left, 100% to the right, or dead center?
just swinging something 30% to the left or right brings it out in the mix without actually turning it up. hard pans to the left or right makes things leap right out, but i feel like in some listening situations (say a mono tv speaker) it might **** up the mix if you don't know what you're doing.
i feel like this guy's asking a legit question (though perhaps english is his second language?) and i wouldn't mind hearing a few pro opinions on this subject as well. for instance, if i hard pan something left or right, what's the chance of that ****ing up the mix on broadcast tv? if something is important to the song but you want to bring it out by panning it somewhere, how far to the left or right will you go? 25%? 50%? 75%? are there any considerations you need to keep in mind about that in preparing something for broadcast?
i know to a certain extent this is a matter of taste, but there have definitely been times when i've pressed the mono button on my mixer and been unpleasantly surprised by the results... this goes double for tricks like {double track, pan one hard left and tune up 5 cents, pan other hard right and tune down 5 cents)
personally my rule of thumb is, if it's that important to the track, keep it close to the center just in case some listening situations loose half the field. pan harder the lower it is in the mix and the less important it is to the track - that way, in an optimal listening situation it's still audible (more so cause of the panning) but if you loose it cause of some ****ed up public/broadcast listening situation it's not the end of the world...