AA1 Sem 2 Week 12: Spatial Mixing

* The audio samples include a centre shift, 90 degree right shift and 45 degree left shift (degrees referring to position in the mix).

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Using Plogue I ran both channels of a looper to three channels of a mixer; left, right and centre. I played with volumes - pulled centre in and out, experimented with centre louder and one side a little softer. Explored the possibilities. Then I added delays and that's when my eardrums puzzled at what they were hearing. Disarming and unexpected was the effect of delaying one of the channels by the smallest of margins.

I created two more delays, plugged them in and panned them to 45 degrees left and right. What a way to pan!

References:

Haines, Christian. "Week 12 - Spatial Mixing." Audio Arts 1 – Sound Generation, October 23, 2007.

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<http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/nov94/3dmixing.html?print=yes>. (viewed October 26, 2007)

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