Say you have a sound the has different audio parts on either side.
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This can on occasion be a better approach than finding one big synth patch that spreads across the entire stereo field and ends up masking mono sources.įor the purpose of demonstration there’s one other quick thing I want to show, it’s a cool feature that allows you to flip the stereo signal. The great thing here is this, I’m not only creating a new sound but by doing it this way I’m leaving room in the middle of the mix for mono sounds, kick, basses, vocals … you know the sort of stuff. The more mono sound on pad three automating across the image helps to keep the pads moving. Pad 1 is off to the left pad 2 is off to the right and pad 3 has the width reduced so it’s closer to a mono signal and is then automated across the stereo image as the music plays.Īs you can hear from the video I’ve created a new pad sound that is just about unique and has the advantage of being out to the sides gently bleeding back to the centre.
So I’ve loaded 3 pads (see video) that I’ve picked pretty much at random and selected Stereo Pan to do three things. Trouble is everyone else has access to Patch 101 from whichever VI your using so here’s a good way of creating an almost unique pad sound that is clear of the centre and panned correctly across the stereo field. We’ve all been there working away and wanting to find some kind of stereo pad, if you’re like me I’ll sometimes be dead lazy and go through presets find something that works and then move on. The first thing I want to show you is how Stereo Pan can help clear out the centre of a mix but at the same time giving you the ability to create some unique pad sounds. Well of course in terms of panning it’s endless but I’m going to show you a few ideas that might spark your imagination and help you to come up with some creative ways of using Stereo Pan. That’s it that’s how you manipulate the Stereo Pan dial but what applications does this dial have? You can even grab the little white handles to move them independently. To change the width of the Stereo signal click inside the green bar and drag up or down to adjust the width. So the way you manipulate Stereo Pan, which I found a little bit fiddly to start with, is to click the centre of the dial and drag down or up to pan left and right. The third option which I’m not going to discuss is Binaural, which is best experienced on headphones.
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Stereo Pan is similar to having two pan pots the way a stereo channel strip is in Pro Tools, this allows you to now place the position of the stereo signal across the stereo field rather than just rebalancing it you can even adjust the width or the stereo signal making it wider or thinner. Options are Balance, which is perfect for mono sources and stereo if you want to simply leave the part untouched or balance like you would before.
So now we can access the different panning options from a channel strip by either right clicking or ctrl clicking on the pan pot you want to work with. Well now you can because everything you need to truly and accurately pan is right there above the channel fader. This was fine but I found even though I new I needed to use it I’d rarely go for the plugin, panning is something you want to do quickly and then move on.
With the previous Pan dial it wasn’t a true stereo pan it was more of a level control balancing the stereo signal from one side to the other, to accurately pan a source in stereo from left to right you needed to load Logic’s Direction Mixer. In this quick tips I’m going to look at something brand new from Logic and that’s the new Stereo Pan, I’m going to share with you some ideas you might find helpful in using the Stereo Pan creatively.įirst off though let’s briefly go through why Logic have added this new feature to the channel strip and how to use it. No nonsense random tips that I think you might find useful? Maybe. Logic Pro X Quick Tips Stereo Pan Learn all about Logic’s new Stereo Pan feature to truly give your mixes the width it deserves!
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