09-26-2016, 08:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-26-2016, 08:23 PM by Mattias Westlund.)
Kind of depends. If, like you say, the samples are clearly moving around across the stereo image, mono is a better option. OTOH I don't know why this is happening -- does it sound like the player was actually not sitting still in front of the mics or is it more a matter of the L/R channel volumes not being balanced for whatever reason (e.g. some formats like soundfonts treat left and right like separate entities and you could technically have 6dB of attenuation on one channel, making it significantly softer than its counterpart)?
As for whether you should have your woodwinds in stereo or mono... I think there was a thread on this very forum on that topic where Samulis and I basically agreed to disagree.
So to end this where it began: it kind of depends. Does mono sound better? Use mono. Does stereo sound better? Use stereo.
As for whether you should have your woodwinds in stereo or mono... I think there was a thread on this very forum on that topic where Samulis and I basically agreed to disagree.
So to end this where it began: it kind of depends. Does mono sound better? Use mono. Does stereo sound better? Use stereo.