Music for Clubs...All instrument tracks should be mono?

[Parricide]

the bass and kicks take up a lot more of the high end than a lot of people think. obviously it depends on your track and what you are trying to do, but take a kick for example. the 'click' of a kick comes more from the 2-5kHz range than the low end, and this is one of the most important areas for making a kick punchy. it is perfectly acceptable to have stereo effects in that area, although more so for bass than for kicks.
i tend to keep everything mono below around 150-200Hz (depending on the track), but anything above that will be stereo to some extent.

 

[J4YM5]

if you get weird phasing from the stereo effects of a track just convert one side to mono instead of averaging the both speakers to mono

---------- Post added 06-07-2012 at 12:44 AM ---------- Previous post was 06-06-2012 at 11:00 PM ----------

Yeh m8, your got the perfect philosophy for it, I use a free VST called TP Basslane to mono-ise the lows.
I try not to seperate the stereo field too much though as this can lead to huge perceived volume differences of stereoized instruments going from speakers to headphones / visa versa

 

[Parricide]

good tip J4YM5.
this will ensure no cancelling or weird phasing sounds appear.

 

[BeatbyAS]

acually a lot of clubs if not most will playy your music on mono speakers. so makre sure the bass, kick and snare really pops in mono.

 

[CM03]

You HAVE to put your bass in mono for clubs. Kick drums in mono is a good idea also. You can have your higher layers in stereo. I like the snare in mono. But bass has to be in mono for club systems.

 

[helder777]

As far as I know, only the low end should be in mono. Don't know the frequency range exactly.