Its a common question in many church sound system projects, will our system be mono or stereo. A mix that sounds great in mono will always sound great in stereo, but not the other way around. The beatles themselves started attending the stereo mixing sessions, revolution 9 and possibly revolution 1 there are conflicting reports about it were only mixed in stereo and the mono were fold down. Make your own stereo mix by panning the mono tracks within the stereo field, helped by stereo aux fx, early. I dont quite understand mono vs stereo when mixingtracking.
As far as stereo effects in a mono signal, i use stereo delays to get a dual delay effect. Conversely, if your group channel has a mono configuration, then use the mono plugin versions. If you choose stereo, and lets say the sound has some kind of subtleties to it, like, lower notes get louder in the left ear, or it has some kind of vibrato effect inherent. In reality, unless its mixed in stereo, thats just two streams of mono locked together. Stereo is not just sound coming out of both speakers.
Often when im recording as well as mixing live sound, ill pan the inputs just to make the recording sound more realistic, and use a mono output or. The stereo mix was often done by a different engineer or even george martin alone and possibly without george martin supervising or participating and in many cases it was done well after the mono mix was complete think days or weeks later. If both mixes are good, then the more speakers the better with a good system. When using only one earbud, you may miss parts of songs and other audio, but mono output will prevent this. Stereophonic sound or, more commonly, stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that creates an illusion of multi. Mar 06, 20 i always tell people to use as much mono tracks as they can, especially on drums and bass, to get a solid mix, greater separation and image. Beatles help mono vs stereo steve hoffman music forums. Keep in mind, duplicating a mono recording will not make it a stereo recording. Use the stereo mix feature on your audio interface if it has such a feature to record the computer playback. The importance of mono in a stereo mix pro audio files. Yo fellow slutz so confused about this recording in mono versus stereo business. It is not the worst stereo mix of a beatles album that would probably be the stereo version of with the beatles, but its still a quite unnecessary gimmick. What usually follows is a lengthy discussion about the applicability of mono sound systems versus stereo systems, the difference between two channel sound systems and stereo sound systems, the benefits and limitations of each, the architectural constraints and program requirements that will affect.
The original stereo isnt too bad, and i even like bits of the 1987 stereo. For mono sources such as vocals, guitars and sometimes drums, using a mono reverb such as a plate or a spring reverb can be a great way to get a lot of depth and at the same time limiting the amount of space your reverb takes up in the mix. And often times, that can actually be a better way to mix in mono, versus using two speakers and listening to things in kind of pseudo mono. All songs considered by bob boilen if youre planning to buy some or all of the remastered beatles recordings due out on 9. If you always mix in stereo, youre likely to get lazy and rely too much on the stereo effect for the depth and width thing. The audiophiliac ponders the stereo versus mono question. Watch weezna as he goes though the process of choosing to use stereo or mono synths for a track. What they would do is take a mono mix from a group like the beatles and artificially break it up into two separate channels. When should you choose a mono track vs a stereo track. Aug 29, 2016 it wasnt until several years later 1997, that the first true stereo mix of the album was released. In stereo records, amplitudes of left and right channels are cut with 45 degree outofphase movements of the stylus, thus differences in the channels create vertical translations.
For listening enjoyment where the listener is in a fixed position or wearing headphones, stereo often sounds more enjoyable. Stereo sound has almost completely replaced mono because of the improved audio quality that stereo provides. If you are recording two mono instruments and you know ahead of time you want one hardpanned to the left of the stereo image and the other hard panned to the right. General idea of mixing, mono mixing and stereo mixing. I totally understand and get the concept that recording in all stereo tracks will leave your mix sounding muddy, so you want mono tracks spread out to keep the mix sounding more wide and full slash making more space for other instruments. The issue is actually that you are recording a mono input into a stereo track, as you have only one microphone. There are some exceptions like the red hot chili peppers californication which was mostly mixed in mono but being an audio engineer today requires the skill of knowing when to make use of either mono or stereo information in a mix.
Introduction from wikipedia monaural or monophonic sound reproduction is intended to be heard as if it were a single channel of sound perceived as coming from one position. So much easier than changing around mac settings before you record. As a result, many songs ended up being different takes, differing opinions on balance and presence. Mar 22, 2016 once again, dont forget that a mono audio file can still be mixed in a stereo field as long as the track is assigned to a stereo output. The new ebook from cristofer odqvist is available now. Just check out the 21 forum pages on the steve hoffman mono vs. The beach boys mixes were a bit weird anyway, in concept, because youve got an artist with only one good ear trying to mix in stereo. In my experience, the downside with stereo mixes is that they are slightly more complicated and they eat up auxilliary outputs and sound engineers will tend to consider you as a prima donna for asking for stereo mixes. If you record in mono, then copy and paste that recording into a new track, it will just make the recording louder rather than fuller. Then, i have the output a 14 mono plug going into the computer, which necessitates an adapter for this 14 mono to the macbooks input.
Taille fichier mp3 mono stereo forums macbidouille. Dec 06, 2011 depending on the encoding program you use, mono versus stereo may present some confusion. Check listen to this device and set it to play through the required audio interface. I always tell people to use as much mono tracks as they can, especially on drums and bass, to get a solid mix, greater separation and image. The mono mix is just consistently great good, while the stereo version is often flawed messy vocals, unfocused sound etc. So you end up endlessly balancing between perfectly translated mono mix and nicely wide stereo mix. The latter instance was prompted by the emailed comments of martin melucci, who was very informative and gave me the link to the alan kozinn interview with george martin.
Mono monaural or monophonic sound reproduction has audio in a single channel, often centered in the sound field. You are using two mono microphones to create a stereo image of an acoustic instrument being recorded. Dec 02, 2014 the new ebook from cristofer odqvist is available now. Les 15 plugins cidessous sont compatibles pour pc et mac et ils ont ete testes avant. Jul 16, 2016 the audiophiliac ponders the stereo versus mono question. Rejoignez les 23000 abonnes et recevez mon livre pour bien demarrer dans l univers apple mac, iphone, ipad. You can avoid this by setting your mac to use mono. In general effects and keyboards with stereo outputs can be run mono by either using only one of the outputs or by summing the two outputs together. I dont quite understand mono vs stereo when mixing. Stereo vs mono for live sound and other sweetwater. More wide you make the image, more changes are gonna happen to your mono version. If i have a guitar track in mono, and i want to send it to a stereo reverb as an effect, i would have to make sure my reverb track is set to stereo.
In mono records, the signal is only cut sidetoside, the depth of the groove remains the same. Checking a mix in mono and not only in stereo is to make sure that it still works and sounds right for mono listeners. Which beatles albums are better in mono and which ones in. There are a number of mixers that have a mono output which is a sum of the main mix going to the lr outputs the original mackie cr1604 did, and you can get a mono output from an auxiliary send. Peppers lonely hearts club band as an example of mono versus stereo, because both mixes were done well though the mono mix received much more attention from the band. I get a lot om hum sound in my mixes when i use for an example hdelay and jjp vocals monostereo in my mixquote if the group channel has a stereo configuration, then use the stereo versions of your waves plugins. If you mix in mono, you eventually will come to the point when you need to do some panning and other changes to build a stereo image. Then when you mix you can pan one over to the left a bit and one to the right. For me, with a mono mix i can do the gig competently, with a stereo mix i actually enjoy it. However, you can have your pc mix the sound to mono, playing everything combined through both speakers.
You can quite easily check by playing a stereo audio file and listening whether you can hear different sounds in each ear. Mac equivalent of audio input of windows stereo mix. Selecting stereo versus mono inputs for audio tracks cakewalk. Use the stereo mix feature on your audio interface if it. Stereo or stereophonic sound is the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels in a way that creates the impression of sound heard from various directions, as in natural hearing. Previously i have been playing with a audio mixer to mix between the stage mike to get the tap sounds and the music from the sound booth. Windows has this option where you set your audio imput to stereo mix where it records what the output is as the input. With true stereo recordings, two mics will capture a more realistic sounding audio, like the instrument is there in the room. I rewrote this article on march 21, 2004, and again on august 15, 2004. Considering the widestereo, two track stereo mix of the music, many listeners, maybe even most, will prefer the mono for its cohesion. The majority of headphones on the market would be capable of stereo, and depending on whether your headphones are stereo or mono will depend on the model of your device. In general, major improvements come with doubling of the number of speakers.
Ive started using audio hijack pro to monomize itunes audio using the builtin monomizer plugin. The main reason for checking the derived mono from a stereo mix is to make sure it still works for mono listeners, and there can be a lot of them. Monostereo, ces deux termes ne vous sont sans doute pas inconnus. Many sound sources are typically fed to the mixer as mono sourcesvocals, guitars, bass, individually miked drums on a drum kit. The are reasons to run pas in mono most of all that you get more effiency out your amplifiers when they are bridged together bridged means you take a stereo amp, which is really two separate amps each running to one speaker and you put the two channels together to make a single channel with double the wattage and then run it to two speakers wired in parallel. For example a stereo delay which adds panned delays to the source will help give the impression that the. Nov 21, 2017 keep in mind, duplicating a mono recording will not make it a stereo recording. But in either case, the fact is that, while music is mixed in stereo, the individual instruments in the recording except some percussion instruments are monophonically recorded usi. Can you offer any advice or suggest any tricks to achieve this. More technically, true stereo means sound recording and sound reproduction that uses stereographic projection to encode the relative positions of objects and events recorded. Here are 3 reasons why mixing in mono vs stereo can lead to a better mix. Mono runs on mac, this page describes the various features available for users who want to use mono or monobased technologies on macos.
You can avoid this by setting your mac to use mono output. Thus, a quality setting of 128 kbps will return the same file size for mono or stereo. A stereo input or track places input 1 on the left and input 2 on the right. Its a much more satisfying sound and its usually easier to pick things out of the mix in stereo. Just today needed to change stereo to mono, looked from the internet, and found this. Most audio you listen to is in stereo, which means that different things are played in through both the left and right speakers.
The first thing to accept is that you cannot create a true stereo or surround mix from mono material. A mono vocal recording can be transformed into a stereo performance by applying a stereo effect to the recording. How to make your windows pc use mono audio so you can. Apr 21, 2020 i am not sure if you are referring to lead guitar or lead vocal. But when i go to system preferences universal access hearing. The third best practice is to not forget about stereo. Rightclick over the first device, choose properties then the listen tab if available. General idea of mixing, mono mixing and stereo mixing sound. Make your own stereo mix by panning the mono tracks within the stereo field, helped by stereo aux fx, early reflections, reverb, delay. This is going to be a tutorial on how to take a stereo audio source from a phone for example and convert it to a mono signal to use with a mono amplifier or a two channel amplifier ill show you how to do this, and anything that needs a mono sig.
It will play a slightly different sound in the left ear versus the right. Some people get so obsessed with mixing in mono that they forget that theyre still crafting a stereo mix. In its correct stereo setting, the distance between the two speakers should be the same as the distance between you and each of them. You would record, say a guitar and a vocal, both in mono. Other sound sources are typically recorded in stereo, such as a pair of drum kit overhead microphones, a synthesizer that delivers stereo output, samples of existing recordings, etc. The difference between mono and stereo with audio example. Mixing in mono will reveal if your mix is complete or not. When creating a mix, the position of your mono sources is what defines the perceived stereo field. He made the stereo mix the way he did to facilitate the making of the mono mix.
How to change a mono track into stereo track using audacity. And even though the white album was the last one mixed in mono and stereo, i would say stereo was the main format already. For example, a lot of portable radios are mono and all car fm radios automatically switch to mono whenever the signal suffers multi. Since the release of that stereo mix the debate between mono and stereo has raged on, with many mono purists comparing the stereo mix of pet sounds to the blasphemy of colourizing a classic black and white movie. I think part of the problem with stereo versus mono albums is that a lot of record companies created fake stereo mixes from mono sources. The beatles mono vs stereo mixes differences complete. In this case that is the stereo field so to sum up, if youre recording a guitar plugged into your mac, you set the track to mono. Its two different sounds coming out of two speakers. Forming an equilateral triangle, with a 60 degree angle. For stereo instruments, i set tracks to stereo for mono instruments i set to mono. Midi setup you can setup your interface to use 1 channel mono or 2 channel stereo, this works system wide.
When recording a mono input source alone, it is important to ensure you have a. Other streams brought in via other means, can have a lot more audio channels, e. The question gets muddied when mastering, pressing and other sq considerations come in to play. Today the great majority of commercially available music is mixed in stereo. The problem is that its not the most intelligent algorithm in the world, and the result is that i lose a lot of the sound quality. Getting a mono mix to sound deep and wide is a real skill. I usually let the room decide if im doing stereo or mono. Stereo as a consumer audio format dates back to the late 1950s with the introduction of the stereo lp, but monophonic lps didnt fade all. As i said, the mono mixes of those were according to george martin made from the stereo mix. Audacity with lame will apply your selected bitrate to however many channels you have. This is used for situations where you might have two mics in a stereo pattern, such as room left and room right over your drums or other instrument.
If youre recording a single microphone, you set the track to mono. The input source of this track is assigned to a mono input, but the output assignment of this track is assigned to stereo vs100 out 12. When working on a mix, youre mixing all the tracks down to a single, stereo left and right file. Most live sound engineers would prefer to have each one on its own channel, but circumstances and specifics my make it easier to submix them on stage or elsewhere. This would allow you to use just one earbud with your pc, but still hear both the left and right audio tracks. In other words, there is nothing you can do to separate instruments and pan. If youre recording two microphones you can set the track to stereo i think i get it. Configurer des peripheriques audio dans configuration audio et. The more speakers, the more important proper calibration is. Nov 24, 20 i vote mono mix, which i didnt hear a good sounding version of until the 2009 cd.
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