Question about Panning

winterseve

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Hello everybody,

I recently joined this site to try to get an answer that I couldn't find.
I use Reaper V4.10 on Mac 10.7. I am mixing down new material, I have one track with Choir Ahhs..
Now Im trying to achieve left to right.. As in I want the Choir to start in left ear and move to the right ear. Should it be recored in stereo or mono? And what can I do to achieve this effect? Currently I have it in mono, and have used a stereo effect, without really any noticeable change.. Could someone try to explain this..

Thank you
 
Doesn't really matter if it's in stereo or mono if you're going to be moving it manual from left to right anyway.

Under each track in reaper is a little button for automation. Press it, you get a long list of parameters on all plugins on the track. Tick the 'visible' box next to the one that says 'pan' then you can draw in automation to move it from left to right as you please
 
Sry, still new to the panning.. So I clicked the automation, Ticked the 'Visible' on pan, new track shows with 'line for center, and can adjust L/R on pan… Now 'Main track is center' As I adjust the new 'Pan Track' It moves left to right or vice versa, whatever I choose.. Is there a way to automatically do this, or do I have to manually do it in the final mix down?
 
When you use automation, you're telling the DAW how to adjust your faders and dials for you, so you don't have to do it manually.

Most DAWs can record the automation you want by adding specific points with your mouse, or by "recording" your "engineering performance" in case you want to capture how you would manually move a fader or turn a dial.

For what you're doing, I'd use your mouse to create objective points. And remember, you're trying to automate panning, not volume or anything else.


Here is a guy creating points, and the DAW creates a left to right line in the middle: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OOoC6JTTtmE/hqdefault.jpg

Here, somebody is doing the same thing with a stereo track, swapping left and right back and forth: http://apps.avid.com/proToolsFirstHelp/version12.0/enu/Pro Tools First Help/images/AutoPan.png


If you simply want to one point at a time, I think it would be better to do this with a mono instrument over stereo.


I can't speak to the specifics of how to automate in Reaper, since I don't use it. This is the Google search I'd use to find out how to open automation for a track: https://www.google.com/search?clien...te+in+reaper&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
 
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