Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
By zaster Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:00 pm
You have surely heard about phase deletion ( sorry I dont know the correct english word) where two phases sum up and result as nothing being played back at mono.

Recently someone told me that i should never pan stuff i sampled at Stereo. He said that those samples already have a place in the stereo field
and panning them would just result in that phase problem. Is hat true?

If that is so:
Lets say i sample a hihat hit from a stereo source and save them as a MONO file in WAVELAB. Would this solve my problem?
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By Smoove03 Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:25 pm
not sure...

i dont think thats correct. i think that if you were to pan it it would no longer be stereo. the instrument would just be in the channel you pan it to without the effect. MAYBE......

but then again.......

they may be right....only one way to find out. do a test track and see. i would like to hear the results cause im kinda curious now too
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By Lampdog Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:18 pm
Panning just turns down the volume on one or the other side, that's all. No phase cancellation or whatever in just simply panning. If you take 2 exact same samples (2 stereo or 2 mono), leaving one original but invert the phase on the other then play them simultaneously you would hear nothing.

What was your exact problem anyway? You expalined stuff but where was the real problem you were having?

By zaster Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:37 pm
Actually no problem now.
I just thought for a moment that i had do redo all of my beats :shock: