I swear that in at least one of their songs the bass is panned to one side. Does this even make sense? It goes against all of the fundamentals...right?
Lamb of God : Panned bass...?
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first of all, what song? They have 4 albums worth of stuff, and they all have different production. So let us know what song it is and we can probably figure it out.
And does it really go against the fundamentals? The beatles would pan all the drums to one side (on some songs), and it sounded great. There are no rules in recording.
And does it really go against the fundamentals? The beatles would pan all the drums to one side (on some songs), and it sounded great. There are no rules in recording.
Listen to old Bob Dylan, they did this a lot too. Even on one album the vocals are panned hard left and the guitars hard right I believe.
IIRC, there's panned bass on some of the Rage Against The Machine stuff on the Evil Empire album.
I seem to recall that there's a DI bass track panned centrally and bass amp panned hard right. I think it's during Morello's solos which are panned left, so it's likely for stereo imaging purposes.
Early Ramones had albums where the drums and bass are panned hard to one side and a guitars to the other.
Low's recent album had the vocals on one side and everything else on the other. I couldn't listen to it as it freaked me out so much.
I seem to recall that there's a DI bass track panned centrally and bass amp panned hard right. I think it's during Morello's solos which are panned left, so it's likely for stereo imaging purposes.
Early Ramones had albums where the drums and bass are panned hard to one side and a guitars to the other.
Low's recent album had the vocals on one side and everything else on the other. I couldn't listen to it as it freaked me out so much.
Exocaster
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This is really common on old rock records. It's all over the first couple Black Sabbath albums. Guitars on one side, bass on the other. The Doors, Beatles, Stones, etc. same thing.
You don't hear it much now, though. There's some bits on Gov't Mule's Dose, Fates Warning's X has panned bass bits (Simple Human), there's a few others, though I can't think of 'em off the top of my head.
You don't hear it much now, though. There's some bits on Gov't Mule's Dose, Fates Warning's X has panned bass bits (Simple Human), there's a few others, though I can't think of 'em off the top of my head.
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
I will never forget how a studio owner laughed at me when I was 14 and had a two-week "internship" at a big studio. I got to play with a song he was mixing for a day while he was out, and I had no idea whatsoever how to use buses or even the huge Mackie console in whole. When I was trying to figure the knobs out, he came in to the control room and heard the guitars hard right and the bass hard left and gave me a lesson about panning the instruments in metal songs 
I'd like to know which LoG song this is too. I can't think of any songs like that.
I may be wrong, but it seems like Chevelle distort the bass and have it on one side and the guitar on the other. Sounds good, but I could be way off on memory.
Edit: I listened to a few songs and I was way off. It may have been their live DVD that I'm thinking of. (I know, not metal.)
I may be wrong, but it seems like Chevelle distort the bass and have it on one side and the guitar on the other. Sounds good, but I could be way off on memory.
Edit: I listened to a few songs and I was way off. It may have been their live DVD that I'm thinking of. (I know, not metal.)
smy1
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The "Voodoo" record by R&B singer D'Angelo has such panning, too. It's not old and mixed by Russell Elevado. It is one of the best sounding (if not the best sounding) CD I have ...
Funnily enough, I experimented with that just yesterday. I panned the bass L45, an Epiano L90, the Kick R9, Snare R15 and Hat R30 and a Rhodes organ R70. Then I sent almost every instrument into an Altiverb Room. It sounded really, really, really good.
Just not very metal, I know ...
Funnily enough, I experimented with that just yesterday. I panned the bass L45, an Epiano L90, the Kick R9, Snare R15 and Hat R30 and a Rhodes organ R70. Then I sent almost every instrument into an Altiverb Room. It sounded really, really, really good.
Just not very metal, I know ...
Fivestringcult
Yam puddled, our kid.
Hmmm, interesting. My band have a song for our new E.P. we're recording in January that I might like to try this on for part of a song.
Van halen did that A LOT on the early stuff, cometimes I think it's cool to have a LIVE sound, like only drums, as many guitar tracks as guitarist and a bas both panned 60 % right and left.
dreamcatcher
Raising the Knife
Hmmm, interesting. My band have a song for our new E.P. we're recording in January that I might like to try this on for part of a song.
Primus did this. Bass and vox went to one side, guitar and drums to the other for part of some song I CBA to look for right now...
Off Sailing the Seas of Cheese, IIRC
AudioPhile777
Mathew Cohen
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yeah, but thats primus. the bass rules dont apply to les claypool
if your still looking for a beatles album with the 'against the grain' paniing, the while album is a good reference. its very off putting when listening to it in cans.
