ProTools Imaging Question
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Kazrog
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A complete fuckwit who is obviously just good at dribble dribble bullshit.
You know the thing is i never believed it and in cases as such i just don't have the energy to sit there arguing over shit people don't know.
I thought I'd post to indeed confirm my suspicion or accept that i might infact have it wrong myself.
Ermz
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If that was the case I think CLA would have some of the narrowest mixes in existence. He stems everything down to 48 tracks on the board.
The only time I can imagine something like this being even remotely true is when we're talking about stereo linked compressors working on busses. Some people claim that having them working on both sides equally shrinks the image, but I can't say I've experienced the phenomenon myself.
The only time I can imagine something like this being even remotely true is when we're talking about stereo linked compressors working on busses. Some people claim that having them working on both sides equally shrinks the image, but I can't say I've experienced the phenomenon myself.
Jind
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The funny thing is - I firmly believe that at least half of what we "know" and "believe" is unfortunately lies and misinformation others have passed on that we just took as truths.
I tend to practice the "try it for yourself" motto as often as possible in my life - it tends to make me a more honest man
AudioGeekZine
arsehole know-it-all
I'm surprised you would say that.ITB summing =/= analog summing
As for the original question, BULLSHIT!
Does this guy not use pro tools or what?
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I honestly think this guy i was speaking to is just a fan of putting stereo wideners on things.
I played him a mix,and he saw that i had my guitars bussed out to grps.I work my whole mix this way.He then went on to say that i think the guitars could do with some more imaging ptools busses tend to make things sound narrower than mono left right tracks.
I was like i nah what are you talking about,but i accept that you think the guitars should sound wider.
So that's pretty much the moral of the story,
I didn't think the guitars should have been wider, but I accept that people have opinions.
He's a Logic User that lacks Logic.
I played him a mix,and he saw that i had my guitars bussed out to grps.I work my whole mix this way.He then went on to say that i think the guitars could do with some more imaging ptools busses tend to make things sound narrower than mono left right tracks.
I was like i nah what are you talking about,but i accept that you think the guitars should sound wider.
So that's pretty much the moral of the story,
I didn't think the guitars should have been wider, but I accept that people have opinions.
He's a Logic User that lacks Logic.
Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
ITB summing =/= analog summing
As for the original question, BULLSHIT!
Does this guy not use pro tools or what?
His assistants create the stems in ProTools.
Taurean
\m/ \m/
All properly designed DAW's sum perfectly and present the stereo image you started with (not counting plugins into the equation.) I would be curious to know if this person who told you about the imaging "issue" is perhaps used to the analog domain as far as mixing goes? The reasoning would be that what we may attribute to sounding more "open" or "wide" in the analog domain is due more to distortions, crosstalk, and so forth inherent in analog circuitry. These affect the perception, amongst other things, of the stereo positioning and width.
AudioGeekZine
arsehole know-it-all
So?
To clarify
I saying busing in a DAW is not the same as analog summing. And "He stems everything down to 48 tracks on the board." isn't relevant.
If he's got stems going to a console, it's not a bus/aux track, its a pair of Mono outputs of the interface going to the console.
Which of course you likely already know.
Just bustin' yer balls
