![]() True Stereo Panning With the Logic Pan Pot Thankfully, the Logic team has solved this issue once and for all with version 10.3. If you use Compression, Distortion, or anything else, you don’t want to process a lop-sided stereo track. Plus you have to consider where the Direction Mixer sits in your plugin chain. Or if you’d like the track to be wider, pull the handles further from each other:Īnd the Direction Mixer totally works! But not as intuitive as using the Pan knob. So if you’d like the Stereo-ness of your track to tighter, pull the Stereo Spread handles closer to each other: The Stereo Spread knob gives us the ability to adjust the width of Stereo tracks. That is, when you turn the knob to the left, both left and right signals tilt to the left: The Direction knob gives you True Stereo Panning. To help us, Logic includes a plugin called the Direction Mixer. Stereo Panning – The Work-Aroundįor a long time Logic users had to use plugins to work-around the lack of a Stereo pan knob. NOT panning both sides to the left.Ĭonfused? I don’t blame you, as most tend to be. So when you turn the Stereo Balance knob all the way to the left, you’re muting the right side. To Balance is to decide how much of the left or right signal you want to keep. Would you like all of the left and right sides? Or do you want a little less of either side? OR do you want only one side or the other? Since a Stereo track is two signals, you’re given a choice. But a Stereo pan knob’s default begins life a little different. Mono tracks enjoy the benefit of panning. While you would think a Pan knob in either case would move a track from left to right, that’s simply not the case. Just like our Channel Mode icons, one meter means a Mono track: Instead you’ll need to examine that Software Instrument’s meters. Unfortunately, in the case of Software Instruments, there are no circles. While a second circle denotes a Stereo track: And next to the Input field is one of two icons. Towards the top of your instrument’s Channel Strip in the Mixer is the Input section. It’s pretty easy to discern when a track is either mono or stereo. In today’s video and post, we explore what the Stereo Pan knob actually does, and how to get that True Stereo Panning you’re after. Stereo tracks are a horse of another color! While the pan knob looks identical for both mono and stereo tracks – they’re actually quite different. With the flick of a wrist you’re able to place instruments left to right, and anywhere between. The Logic pan pot is your tried and true way of expanding your mix’s stereo-width. ![]()
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