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Monday, April 27, 2020

The Basics of Panning in a Mix

Pro Audio Files: Panning is a topic that seems to be never discussed. I guess it’s not as flashy as incredible delays, or advanced compression techniques. However, there’s a hierarchy in terms of what influences a mix. The top of this hierarchy is the basic balance. Second to that is your panning scheme, wherein the stereo field everything is living. After that comes all of the signal processing.

So let’s talk Panning. Let’s get a mindset and understanding of what we’re doing and what we are trying to achieve when we move stuff around the stereo field.

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