Linked Track Tricks

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Many audio sources ”including synths, drum machines, microphones, effect units, and others ”are recorded on linked pairs of tracks as a stereo signal. If each of your stereo sources simply remains a stereo source all the way to mix, individual sources may begin to be masked as all the stereo sources remain centered in your mix. There are a few adjustments you can make to help each of your stereo sources command its own place in your mix.

To access these parameters, call up the Channel view of a linked pair of tracks. In the lower right corner, under the faders, is a small box marked SUB DISP. In Normal mode, dragging either fader with the mouse automatically drags the other. When you click on the SUB DISP box, it turns red, and the faders and pan controls become individually adjustable. Figure 18.3 illustrates the differences between the Normal and SUB DISP views.

Figure 18.3. Normal and SUB DISP views of the fader section for a linked pair of tracks


The individual fader controls allow you to compensate for a track that has been recorded with one side softer than the other. In the example above, the left channel has been reduced to compensate for a weak right channel. When in Normal view, the faders are displayed as equal, even if they are not equal in SUB DISP view.

Reducing the width of a stereo track concentrates its presence in the stereo image. The individual pan controls in SUB DISP view allow you to pan each track to exactly where you want it. After the individual controls have been set, you may pan the more concentrated image using the channel pair's master pan setting. The Pan knob icon's shape changes to reflect the new settings. Figure 18.4 show how the Normal full left and full right settings are displayed.

Figure 18.4. Default linked track pan settings

Figure 18.5 shows a linked pair whose individual track panning has been reduced to concentrate the image in the center.

Figure 18.5. Reduced width pan settings

Figure 18.6 shows the concentrated image panned left. This method allows the stereo instruments to retain their personality without overtaking the stereo image.

Figure 18.6. Reduced width image panned left

To be sure, you may obtain the same results simply by panning both of the individual channels to the left and leaving the primary track pan control centered. But by concentrating the stereo track to the center first, you can quickly change the panning on the fly with the primary track Pan knobs .

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Roland VS Recorder Power.
Roland VS Recorder Power.
ISBN: 1592008364
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Year: 2005
Pages: 202

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