I wonder if this matters with mono recordings, aka rhythm guitar tracks which get planned hard left and hard right. It seems like the information is identical in the left and right channels, so it doesn't matter which planning method you use. Just a bit of additional amplitude? What do you think?
Hey, that's exactly it, with mono recordings, it is just a balance knob, adding more volume to the left or right speaker. In Logic, I'm pretty sure mono tracks don't have the option to change the pan knob to stereo pan, because there wouldn't be a benefit, it would simply just be the same signal in both speakers when panned to the centre.
Reason has a slightly different approach with, like most DAWs, the Balance panning behavior. You then have a width control which lets you pull the signal to mono. This means that you can swing the balance 50% left and narrow the stereo to 50% and you have everything. It also means that you can leave the Balance at center and narrow the stereo of one sound so that it doesn't trample all over other sounds. Effective. :-)
There definitely can be some issues, particularly if your correlation between the left and right sources is closer to the -1 than the +1. If a signal like that get's stereo panned hard left or right, you are going to get a lot of cancellation, so a balance knob in those situations might not be a bad idea to avoid this issue. As with all tools, it's as much about picking the right one for the job as it is the power of the tool.
That would be great, wouldn't it? At the moment though, I can't find a way to set it up as the default, I'm still looking though, in case an update ever adds that feature.
This was a lightbulb moment for me , nice one
Super informative. Thanks for the demonstrations - really helped clear this up!
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Shouldnt be the Balance a default in logic pro?
Cubase is much more detailed and logical. Thanks for sharing
I wonder if this matters with mono recordings, aka rhythm guitar tracks which get planned hard left and hard right. It seems like the information is identical in the left and right channels, so it doesn't matter which planning method you use. Just a bit of additional amplitude? What do you think?
Hey, that's exactly it, with mono recordings, it is just a balance knob, adding more volume to the left or right speaker. In Logic, I'm pretty sure mono tracks don't have the option to change the pan knob to stereo pan, because there wouldn't be a benefit, it would simply just be the same signal in both speakers when panned to the centre.
Reason has a slightly different approach with, like most DAWs, the Balance panning behavior. You then have a width control which lets you pull the signal to mono. This means that you can swing the balance 50% left and narrow the stereo to 50% and you have everything. It also means that you can leave the Balance at center and narrow the stereo of one sound so that it doesn't trample all over other sounds. Effective.
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Great!
What about the phase issues that come from stereo panning?
There definitely can be some issues, particularly if your correlation between the left and right sources is closer to the -1 than the +1. If a signal like that get's stereo panned hard left or right, you are going to get a lot of cancellation, so a balance knob in those situations might not be a bad idea to avoid this issue. As with all tools, it's as much about picking the right one for the job as it is the power of the tool.
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Is there way to set it as default for stereo tracks in logic ? Thanks
That would be great, wouldn't it? At the moment though, I can't find a way to set it up as the default, I'm still looking though, in case an update ever adds that feature.
Sur Cubase on peut mettre l'option stereo combined par default depuis longtemps !
Cool! I'm just getting more into Cubase, I'm looking forward to discovering more about it.