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Subject:what should be recorded in stereo and what in Posted by: djrave808 Date:11/25/2006 2:18:35 PM I make dance music and need to know should all my tracks be recorded in stereo .Or should i put synths in stereo and drums in mono etc. etc. What about vocals?
Subject:RE: what should be recorded in stereo and wha Reply by: JohnnyRoy Date:11/25/2006 8:56:12 PM Think about the source. Is it stereo? If not use mono. How many mouths do you have? One? Then vocals should be mono unless you are recording a choir in which case two stereo mics will capture the live performance better. Drums are mono instruments as well as is guitar and bass. Synths can be stereo with panning modulations but a synth solo I would definitely record in mono. You should really have two different signals in each channel to warrant using stereo to record a source. If the source comes from one place, then use mono. ~jr
Subject:RE: what should be recorded in stereo and what in Reply by: Iacobus Date:11/27/2006 9:11:15 AM To add to what JohnnyRoy said, I usually record my guitar in mono a few times (about 4 but never really more than that), then pan the resulting recordings left and right. Just gives a nice, thick "wall of sound" stereo image and sounds better than recording in stereo with chorus effects. Iacobus
Subject:RE: what should be recorded in stereo and wha Reply by: waynegee Date:11/27/2006 11:44:29 AM Typically, kick, snare, bass and voice (or horn) should be mono (kick and bass because of the omni-directionality of the low frequency content)...everything else is "season to taste". Modern guitars are recorded in mono with about a couple dozen recorded and hard panned per side and a stereo guitar bed via chorus (POD, Linkin Park, etc). Keys are up to you. A technique I hear a lot lately is mono instruments with stereo fx (diff delays on each side, modulated reverb, etc.). I will say, though, if a recorded instrument or sample has stereo info which adds to the overall feel of the track, then by all means...keep it stereo!! This is all IMHO. HIH, WG- http://www.myspace.com/waynegee Message last edited on11/27/2006 11:46:13 AM bywaynegee.

Subject:what should be recorded in stereo and what in

Posted by: djrave808

Date:11/25/2006 2:18:35 PM

I make dance music and need to know should all my tracks be recorded in stereo .Or should i put synths in stereo and drums in mono etc. etc. What about vocals?

Subject:RE: what should be recorded in stereo and wha

Reply by: JohnnyRoy

Date:11/25/2006 8:56:12 PM

Think about the source. Is it stereo? If not use mono. How many mouths do you have? One? Then vocals should be mono unless you are recording a choir in which case two stereo mics will capture the live performance better. Drums are mono instruments as well as is guitar and bass. Synths can be stereo with panning modulations but a synth solo I would definitely record in mono. You should really have two different signals in each channel to warrant using stereo to record a source. If the source comes from one place, then use mono.

~jr

Subject:RE: what should be recorded in stereo and what in

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:11/27/2006 9:11:15 AM

To add to what JohnnyRoy said, I usually record my guitar in mono a few times (about 4 but never really more than that), then pan the resulting recordings left and right. Just gives a nice, thick "wall of sound" stereo image and sounds better than recording in stereo with chorus effects.

Iacobus

Subject:RE: what should be recorded in stereo and wha

Reply by: waynegee

Date:11/27/2006 11:44:29 AM

Typically, kick, snare, bass and voice (or horn) should be mono (kick and bass because of the omni-directionality of the low frequency content)...everything else is "season to taste". Modern guitars are recorded in mono with about a couple dozen recorded and hard panned per side and a stereo guitar bed via chorus (POD, Linkin Park, etc). Keys are up to you. A technique I hear a lot lately is mono instruments with stereo fx (diff delays on each side, modulated reverb, etc.).

I will say, though, if a recorded instrument or sample has stereo info which adds to the overall feel of the track, then by all means...keep it stereo!!

This is all IMHO.

HIH,
WG-
http://www.myspace.com/waynegee

Message last edited on11/27/2006 11:46:13 AM bywaynegee.