Hey Friends

I See a tutorial somewhere and they said every track must be in mono while mixing, i want to know is it true ? Every Track ?

And one more thing....suppose i am working on a track at Cm, and i like to add synth loop from sample library and the loop was in Cmajor so i want to know that can i use this synth loop as in Cm Mix ? or can i use synth loop which was the key of D#Major(According to relative minors).

I Dont know much about theory, so thats why i ask this question.

Thanx

 

Hey JP. No, every track needs not be in mono when you are mixing. Who told you that and why? What about your drum buss
, it is probably in stereo with different aspects of the percussion in different spacial locations and it would be considered one track. Next, Cm and Cmaj together, give it a listen for yourself to see if it works for you, probably not for me unless I was going for an emotional change of feeling, and then, not together but rather from one to the next. You might need to brush up and/or learn a bit of theory. Hope this all helps.

 

Transponse your loop up by 3 semitones to D#maj or down to 2 semitones to A#maj and see if it sounds good (or also G#maj)

I usually check if the mix sounds good in mono too, never mixed everything in mono.

 

its not a joke but a true trick used by a lot of great producers. By mixing in mono you minimize mistakes when mixing on HEADPHONE *yes*

 

I read an article on Bruce Swedien who prefers to do most of his tracks in stereo.

If you don't know who he is:Bruce Swedien

 

i dont think it makes any difference...

i use a combination of both...mono for vox, bass etc...stereo for synths, samples etc.

 

that's it

 

First google hit
Should you mix in mono?
In short: it can make your life a lot easier

 

Not every track have to be in mono(depend on sound and what you want achieve) but is good if most track is mono(this should you need to have in mind already when you recording, if you recording live) and you pan them accordingly. That way you can achieve very good separation and wide sounding track. Of course you have to still know what you doing. If you have a a lot of stereo tracks(specialy vst instruments) you can quick get muddy sounding mix, which you don't want.

 

it's a nice trick to use when mixing on normal speakers or in an untreated room

 

This is me as well. My Drums Each part mono(Kick,Snare,Hats..etc) are routed to a stereo group channel. I do mostly hip-hop and R&B but a gang of other things such as scoring. I also do grouping to a stereo channel with orchestra\big band stuff for Horns, strings, percussion, woodwind... sections. But no it does not have to be all mono.

 

All tracks not have to be in mono - usually the vocals and bass yes - The drum set can be in just one group track but each instrument (kick, snare...)set in mono. - In tracks of keyboards and guitars are usually in stereo.
- Regarding CM and D#m (best to say Ebm) is not the same but the three share two notes and one different (Bb that is it the seventh of C. - If your joints the two chords result Cm7 and goes well in modern music and sounds good. - If you use G# and Cm together there is a clash of two common but one dissonant notes between them. not exactly dissonant but another chord called Ab7M (G#7M) that sounds good though not same

 

I save stereo for tracks that I want to really stand out, and effects. For almost all other tracks, I have changed my mixing style more toward mono tracks, all panned either hard left, center, and hard right. LCR mixing makes phase issues and a lot of other things easier to manage. When I 1st read about it, I was pretty skeptical. But once I started listening for it, I realized how many recordings are produced using it. Once I started putting it to practice, it became my preferred philosophy for mixing. Not exclusively, but most of the time.