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Lrmusic · 8th November 2009

Good stuff

A few more Qs are popping up as I read the thread.

1. An identical source panned 100% right and 100% left, appears wider than that if it were panned center.

You would refer to this sound as having a center image. Correct?

2. In the event that I want it to sound like 2 distinct sources panned left and right, (and not just one big surrounding source), whilst avoiding phasing and imbalance problems, what do I have to do? I want it to be perceived as emanating from the left and right, not the center.

3. Have you ever tried using MS processing to mute the center of the perceived sum of a source after it was split and panned L/R? In otherwords, route the signal to another bus, pan one left and one right, (standard so far), send them both to another bus, and then use MS processing on that bus to mute the mono center, and then that goes to the master bus. This is probably the most hypothetical question I've ever asked on GS lol.

8th November 2009	#21
Lrmusic Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,990 Thread Starter	Good stuff A few more Qs are popping up as I read the thread. 1. An identical source panned 100% right and 100% left, appears wider than that if it were panned center. You would refer to this sound as having a center image. Correct? 2. In the event that I want it to sound like 2 distinct sources panned left and right, (and not just one big surrounding source), whilst avoiding phasing and imbalance problems, what do I have to do? I want it to be perceived as emanating from the left and right, not the center. 3. Have you ever tried using MS processing to mute the center of the perceived sum of a source after it was split and panned L/R? In otherwords, route the signal to another bus, pan one left and one right, (standard so far), send them both to another bus, and then use MS processing on that bus to mute the mono center, and then that goes to the master bus. This is probably the most hypothetical question I've ever asked on GS lol.