WHEN YOU SAMPLE DRUMS... DO YOU SAMPLE THEM MONO OR...

Does it make a difference whether you sample them mono or stereo?

Maddnoiz wrote:Does it make a difference whether you sample them mono or stereo?

sure
simply take a record and sample the same sound in stereo and mono
listen to both
it makes a difference

mono. stereo takes up too much memory. plus when it comes to mixing/breaking up tracks they take up 2 tracks on whatever your recording to. but there's more of a difference in samples than drums.

drums are normally recorded in mono anyway, except the overheads and maybe the toms, maybe the snare and hihat would be panned a bit to one side in the mix of the record you sample from, so i would sample those in stereo and convert to mono to capture the full sound, kicks should normally be dead centre mono recordings anyway so sampling those in mono shouldn't make much difference.

when u convert to mono from stereo it'll be either left or right (which is the stereo sound broken up) why not cut to the chase and sample mono. ive only notice a difference with converting sample myself, but thats just me

mono all the way to me it gives that punch

I usually sample in mono so that i can have more RAM availalbe. The stereo panning can be adjusted in the mix later from your multi track recorder or recording software. Record in stereo if there are sonic qualities or stereo effects you want to retain in your mix.

I recommend you listen to the source your sampling from (record or cd) in the headphones of your dj mixer first if you have one. Make sure that you have them on correctly where R is on your right ear and L is on your left. I know it sounds stupid but I know alot of people who just throw the cans on and don't take this in to account. Most of the time there is some panning going on, so a trick I use is to listen to one earphone at a time and see which one has the more defined sounds. Usually the kick is either dead center or slightly right, same thing goes for the snare. Hi hats are usually tend to be placed slightly left. If your dj mixer has a balance L-R knob then you can also reference with that. If you don't have a dj mixer than you should have the ouputs of your source connected to the inputs of your board, daw, or your pc interface stereo. Make sure they are not linked in your daw or pc and pan them hard left and hard right to get a stereo connection. Then you can mute each channel individually and get a good reference there. Bottom line it does matter if your sampling your drums stereo or mono, so choose wisely.

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