Yamaha 101 manual Panning Guidelines

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3.Turn the [PAN] knob to adjust the panning of the selected track.

4.To adjust the panning for additional tracks first press the [TRACK SEL] key of the desired track and then turn the [PAN] knob to the desired pan position.

Panning Guidelines

There are no rules for setting the panning when doing a mixdown but here are some general guidelines.

Drums:

The kick drum (bass drum) and the snare drum are usually panned

 

up the center. The rest of the instruments would be panned

 

according to how you would actually hear them if you were facing a

 

set of drums. For example, the low tom would be panned to the left

 

while the hi-hat would be panned a little to the right.

 

An Example of Common Drum Set Panning

Bass:

This is almost always panned straight up the center.

Guitars:

Rhythm guitars are usually panned to either the 9 o'clock position

 

or the 3 o'clock position. You can try panning them a little farther

 

out or closer in depending upon the other instruments in the mix.

 

Guitar solos are usually panned either straight up the center or just

 

a little off to one side or the other so they won't conflict with the

 

vocals.

Keyboards:

If the keyboard is a stereo patch then you would pan one side all of

 

the way to the left and the other side all of the way to the right. If it

 

is a mono patch you would usually pan it opposite of any rhythm

 

guitars you may have.

Vocals:

The lead vocals are almost always panned straight up the center. If

 

the background vocal is just a double of the lead vocal or is a single

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Contents Recording AW16G Recording 101 Table of Contents Recording the Stereo Track Creating an Audio CD Glossary AW16G Features IntroductionSetting up the AW16G With Powered MonitorsConnect the Monitoring System With Unpowered Monitors With Headphones Connect the instruments or microphonesXLR To TRS Cable Turn the Equipment on Recording Creating a New SongSetting the Input Level Assigning the Input Signal to a Track Recording the First Track Punch In/OutDisengaging a track from being record-enabled OverdubbingOverdubbing Additional Tracks Mixdown Setting the Basic Levels Adjusting the Panning Panning Guidelines Adjusting the EQ Using the EQ LibraryUsing the Dynamics Processors Using the Dynamic Processor LibraryUsing the Internal Effects Processors Recalling a Preset on an Effects ProcessorRecording the Stereo Track Creating an Audio CD Page Glossary