Panning to thicken vocals?

Conflict187 · Post by **Conflict187** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:16 pm

I was told from a friend who got a degree in audio and sound to duplicate vocal tracks and pan one to the left and the other to the right to thicken them and give them more body.
It works really well, even without compressors.
The problem is the sound kinda fades from one side to the other.
Is there a problem with my speakers or am I doing something wrong?

Post by **Acoustica Eric** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:51 am

Your friend is right, but that is a very old trick to use, which also uses twice the tracks and resource to perform. Use a widening plugin instead like "wideboy" which is free and available here http://www.elevayta.net/product9.htm

Vincent · Post by **Vincent** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:23 pm

that wideboy plugin isnt free anymore...I think they are charging 90 cents to download it.

I tried to download it however it asks for a 90 cent bandwidth fee.

I have paypal and could of easily paid the few cents however I kind of wanted to try it before I go through the hassle of doing the whole paypal thing.

eamon7 · Post by **eamon7** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:46 pm

http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/200 ... -versions/ try this site. download "rescue". its free there are some other nice free pluggins there too. BootEQmkII is an awsome tool too. click on downloads tab on the top of the page and have some fun

Post by **Acoustica Eric** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:47 pm

It is still free, there is a more comprehensive version called "wider boy" that is $29.95 (I think).
I just downloaded it, no 90 cent charge.

servant · Post by **servant** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:56 pm

Eric,

Using the link provided above, http://www.elevayta.net/product9.htm, I just tried and see:

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Click the button below to pay the $0.90 bandwidth fee. After payment you will receive a download link by email.

< snip >

Note: Due to the popularity of this product we are now charging a small bandwidth fee of $0.90. This is non-refundable
and does not cover support.
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From where did you download this?

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:20 pm

What version of Mixcraft are you using? Have you tried it with 4.5 build 116?

Try offsetting the sounds just a hair, like 15 milliseconds or so and see how that sounds.

Conflict187 wrote:I was told from a friend who got a degree in audio and sound to duplicate vocal tracks and pan one to the left and the other to the right to thicken them and give them more body.
It works really well, even without compressors.
The problem is the sound kinda fades from one side to the other.
Is there a problem with my speakers or am I doing something wrong?

Conflict187 · Post by **Conflict187** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:03 am

Im on 4.1 build 91

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:41 am

Grab the latest version of Mixcraft.

Djfreddiettm · Post by **Djfreddiettm** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:00 am

If by sound fading, you mean volume fading, you could move the volume graph on the sound panel to compensate. As for the panning technique taking up room, you could set up a separate project just for vocals, record your vocals panned, then mix it down to MP3 and use that in your main project. That way, you still get the effect, but only lose the one track you would lose to vocals.

Conflict187 · Post by **Conflict187** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:42 pm

Acoustica Greg wrote:Grab the latest version of Mixcraft.

Do I have to pay for it?
I got my version free

Post by **Acoustica Eric** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:53 am

How did you get it free? If you obtained a serial number illegally then yes of course you need to pay for it.

Conflict187 · Post by **Conflict187** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:03 pm

no It was given to me from a friend who upgraded to reason.

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:44 pm

If you're a registered owner of Mixcraft 4, the upgrade to 4.5 build 116 is free.

We only charge upgrade fees for major updates, like from 3 to 4 or 4 to 5.

Conflict187 wrote:no It was given to me from a friend who upgraded to reason.

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