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<blockquote data-quote="Martin Gonzalez" data-source="post: 48235" data-attributes="member: 1349">Re: To Pan...or Not To Pan....I pan pretty much everything subtly to their stage positions, nothing farther than 50% in either direction. Really helps with localization and clears up room for lead vocal down the middle (I often pan BGVs a little too). I always walk the room during soundcheck to make sure nothing&#039;s getting lost, and sometimes have to tighten up the stereo field or sacrifice panning altogether when the PA du jour/room situation warrants. But generally in the size room Brian&#039;s talking about I don&#039;t have many problems.Dave Rat&#039;s article <a href="http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/mixing_beyond_stereo_delving_deeper_into_aspects_of_sound_perception/" target="_blank">&quot;Mixing Beyond Stereo&quot;</a> has some interesting ideas but the one that rocked my world was bass panning. With aux-fed subs, pan the DI over a little bit to where the bassist is standing and the mic (421 for me) a little harder to the other side. Makes it seem like the attack of the notes is coming directly from the player, but the other side still gets plenty of boom and definition from the mic and the subs ensure that the low end coverage is still even. I highly recommend trying it out! The EQ and compression is obviously quite different from what you would do to mono bass, but it makes the bass sound wide without losing clarity or oomph.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Martin Gonzalez, post: 48235, member: 1349"] Re: To Pan...or Not To Pan.... I pan pretty much everything subtly to their stage positions, nothing farther than 50% in either direction. Really helps with localization and clears up room for lead vocal down the middle (I often pan BGVs a little too). I always walk the room during soundcheck to make sure nothing's getting lost, and sometimes have to tighten up the stereo field or sacrifice panning altogether when the PA du jour/room situation warrants. But generally in the size room Brian's talking about I don't have many problems. Dave Rat's article [URL="http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/mixing_beyond_stereo_delving_deeper_into_aspects_of_sound_perception/"]"Mixing Beyond Stereo"[/URL] has some interesting ideas but the one that rocked my world was bass panning. With aux-fed subs, pan the DI over a little bit to where the bassist is standing and the mic (421 for me) a little harder to the other side. Makes it seem like the attack of the notes is coming directly from the player, but the other side still gets plenty of boom and definition from the mic and the subs ensure that the low end coverage is still even. I highly recommend trying it out! The EQ and compression is obviously quite different from what you would do to mono bass, but it makes the bass sound wide without losing clarity or oomph. [/QUOTE]

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