[ddots-l] Re: drums a wider sound

  • From: "Mike Christer" <m-christer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:37:25 -0000

That's always the best way, but, unfortunately, 99% of "would-be" musicians, 
find it practically impossible to perform the same piece of music, the same way 
twice!  

No wot I mean?  


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Phil Muir 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:27 PM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: drums a wider sound


  On the other hand if you have the time then, double tracking is always better 
because you will end up with a more interesting  sonic pallet.

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  From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Mike Christer
  Sent: 11 July 2010 21:45
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: drums a wider sound


  I think that's because, with the advent of didge, its so damn easy to 
perform, plus, you don't get any of those artefacts invading the sonic 
landscape, that the "so-called" automatic double-tracking" could introduce...


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Tim Burgess 
    To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:37 AM
    Subject: [ddots-l] Re: drums a wider sound


    It's strange, but this effect used to be called Automatic Double Tracking 
(ADT) by FX processors that offered it - the term seemed to be everywhere in 
the 80s, but I now can't recall seeing it used at all lately.  Curious.

     

    Best wishes.

     

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    From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Mike Christer
    Sent: 09 July 2010 19:14
    To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [ddots-l] Re: drums a wider sound

     

    First, you've gotta pan each separate track.  

    when you copy & paste the original to its nu destination, paste it not 
beginning at, for instance, bar 01:01:01, but at bar 01: 01: 025...  

     

    along with the panning, this creates the width, akin to quote tracking 
unquote, or "double-tracking"...  

     

    l8r

     

    Mike

      ----- Original Message ----- 

      From: Omar Binno 

      To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

      Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 4:27 PM

      Subject: [ddots-l] Re: drums a wider sound

       

      DJX,

       

      if we just copy a track, doesn't it just copy the info from it? so if a 
track is recorded stereo with a mono sound like drums, isn't the copied track 
gonna be the same, hence not allowing you to get a panned sound? wouldn't i 
have to actually play the drum track on a new track and pan them that way?

        ----- Original Message ----- 

        From: D!J!X! 

        To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

        Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 10:48 PM

        Subject: [ddots-l] Re: drums a wider sound

         

        if you're doing hip hop, here are some ways:

        Take to samples that sound similar or that you might already be 
layering. split them out to 2 separate tracks and pan them out a bit. If you're 
only using 1 sample, take a copy of the track, change the pitch on it a bit and 
again play with the panning. Spread the channels out as far as you'd like to 
split the sound. The same can be applied to kicks, it all depends on what kick 
type you're using. For a bass kick like a tooned 808 or 909, you could do some 
of it, for other more thump kicks or dry kicks that serve as gound for the 
beat, it might not be a good idea.

        Another way of widening the stereo image for any instrument that is 
mono or too centered, pan it out to 1 side, then get a delay effect and insert 
it, send the delay back on the opposite side and set a small amount of delay. 
play with the setting till you get the amount of widening you want. Hard to 
explain in writing, this is 1 of those things that works better as a walk 
through. 

        These are some of the techniques i can think of from the top of my 
head, there's more though.

         

        HTH, D!J!X!

         


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        From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Omar Binno
        Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 10:22 PM
        To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [ddots-l] drums a wider sound

        Hello,

         

        I've gotten the art of making my drums sound decent as far as 
punchiness, bass, loudness, etc. What i'm wondering, though, is what's a good 
way to make them sound wider? I know drums aren't usually recorded completely 
stereo, but i'm listening to radio recordings and the drums sound wider than 
they do in my recordings. any plugins or techniques you folks could recommend?

         

        Thanks for all input!

         

         

        Omar Binno

         

        Website: www.bigoproductions.net
        AIM: LOD1116

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