the Stereo Field (panning Instruments)

[J-malice]

i think one major factor that seperates prfessionaly recorded tracks and home studio or whatever you wana call it is the use of the stereo field. ive been comparing commercial music with mine latly and im learnin alot from just that and im gettin my music to sound alot better, but anyway ive noticed that how you pan you instruments (vocals included) can be the differnce between a good or bad beat/ track.

can i get a witness?

 

[dacalion]

Oh no doubt J, it really adds life to your music. I've even gone so far as taking 2 totally different drum beats, matching their bpms, and recording them on seperate channels on the same track (one drum pattern on the left and the other on the right). Try that if you haven't already. It makes an awesome effect to your music.

Roland and several other companies have a (RND or random) feature that will pan automactically which also does wonders for certain instruments.

I'm a witness...,--dac

 

[Equality 7-2521]

yeah ive noticed that too. i first started to really take note of it when i was listening to Prefuse 73 through headphones. his panning is really good.

i havnt learned how to do it yet though so it sounds phat

 

[berserk]

Yeah... Panning... Tis Great... Makes everything sound wonderful... Check "Jay-Z - The Ruler's Back"... The panning will creep up on ya... Then when you hear it... Booom...

 

[eka]

I've got a stereo expender plug in in wavelab and I use it on almost every track I do.
it is not exectly the same as panning, but you get a nice stereo field in your tracks.
I like to use a leslie rotary or a automated pan for extreme panning on some samples in a lot of my songs, the sound goes from one speaker to the other with different settings.
panning is very usefull.