Libertine Lush
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If you take a stereo signal, such as a synth (which is usually mono) that has been processed with a stereo effect, and wish to pan it, in what ways would the sound be different if this has been recorded to a mono vs. stereo track?
I understand (I think) from a fair amount of googling that when a stereo signal on a mono track is panned the volume in one channel is merely silenced, whereas in a stereo track one channel is actually being moved over into the other. In both cases, if you pan completely to the left, for example, would the resulting sound not be the same? I suspect there's something I'm overlooking or misunderstanding.
I've doing a lot of reading about whether instruments should be recorded as mono or stereo tracks, and while there is no consensus, there is definitely a strong bias towards recording as much as you can in mono, and also recording in stereo when the source is stereo.. Thus, I'd like to try to record in mono as often as I can, when appropriate.
Thank you for any help.
I understand (I think) from a fair amount of googling that when a stereo signal on a mono track is panned the volume in one channel is merely silenced, whereas in a stereo track one channel is actually being moved over into the other. In both cases, if you pan completely to the left, for example, would the resulting sound not be the same? I suspect there's something I'm overlooking or misunderstanding.
I've doing a lot of reading about whether instruments should be recorded as mono or stereo tracks, and while there is no consensus, there is definitely a strong bias towards recording as much as you can in mono, and also recording in stereo when the source is stereo.. Thus, I'd like to try to record in mono as often as I can, when appropriate.
Thank you for any help.