Apr 21, 2003 10:09 pm You have no idea how to pan? It's really quite simple, you look at your console or software and you turn the knob that says pan. This will change where it falls in the stereo field
Panning/& Effects
Posted on Apr 21, 2003 09:37 pm
Pottsy
Member Since: Mar 31, 2003
Firstly, thank for all the help with the vocals setup all ok now :)
I am a little confused with panning. I have read that you can pan different frequencies (i.e. low notes of a piano left and higher frequencies righ) and different aspects of a signal (i.e. main source left and delay effect right) etc. I have now idea how this is done so if anyone can help it would be greeeaatly appreicated.
Pottsy
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Apr 21, 2003 10:09 pm You have no idea how to pan? It's really quite simple, you look at your console or software and you turn the knob that says pan. This will change where it falls in the stereo field
Apr 21, 2003 10:38 pm i don't see what splitting a sound crossover-style and panning the results in different locations would accomplish. it seems like that would just be confusing. i guess if you wanted to do that, you'd have to duplicate the track and do EQ and pan for each version of the track.
Apr 21, 2003 11:25 pm Pottsy,
One application of such panning is for stereo simulation. A mono signal can have a stereo "effect" if the higher frequencies are panned differently from the lower frequencies. Expanding on that practice, let's say you have recorded percussion with one mic for one mono track in a mix. You could move the frequencies around a little in the stereo field and give the feel of a wider percussion set. Another application might be just "special" effects. I agree with you that it is a cheesey way to create a stereo field and it is not a practice that I use. It is a very synthetic sounding practice as even in the example above the different drums in a percussion set will overlap and the sounds will be panned in an unnatural way. Especially with digitil recording it is not that difficult to "pick apart" even mono recordings and pan notes or percussive strikes instead of using frequency division panning.
Having said all that: Some pretty interesting effects have been created with frequency division panning. It is art after all!
Apr 22, 2003 12:15 am Thanks for the comments. I understand the basic way to pan, but I was jsut reading some articles on mixing and kept talking about panning frequencies. From the comments it might not be a great idea.
Apr 22, 2003 12:25 am it never hurts to try! i just can't conceptualize it.
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