Why This Guitar Trick Is Secretly in Every Song

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A while back Gregory Scott from Kush Audio suggested (as a revision to the mixing "mix in mono" idea) that when you get further into your mix and things are working together well, it's a useful idea to isolate just the left side of the stereo field and mix those sources to work well then to repeat with the isolated right side. The thought being that in a good arrangement and good mix that there would be differences between the tonal content of the left and right sides so then the mixing should also be a bit different. For example (this is an idea that has served me well): Drum stereo overheads tend to have different frequencies represented on one side of the stereo field than the other when different drums/cymbals are played - a fairly obvious observation. An easy-to-imagine scenario is riding a tight, bright hihat on the left during a verse and riding an explosive and sustained but not-as-bright crash cymbal on the right during a chorus. So you can/should mix the different sources that interact with those cymbals differently...or mix those overheads left/right separately in order to make them fit with the rest of the mix. Maybe a harmony vocal panned right during the chorus can be a little brighter to fill out more of the toppy top end not occupied by that ridden crash cymbal (and maybe have some EQ carved out to make space for that crash cymbal) and the guitar on the left during the verses could be a little darker to keep from adding up to an overwhelming amount of top end during the verse. Maybe make some panning decisions based around that frequency skew...like the low vocal harmony stays centered during the verse while a higher harmony pans opposite the hihat? Our perception of stereo width is our noticing of the differences in sources/source sounds between the left and right speakers. For additional width or clarity, mix (or even better, record) any doubled sources to have differences that work with the rest of the arrangement. Of course, at some point they become too different and it starts to sound disjointed, but some subtle differences across a lot of sources can really add up to a better mix.

[@clocktopus2643]

i absolutely love turnover, such an underrated band, saw them live this summer

[@АнтонГеращенко-р6ь]

I began to notice many guitar sounds I like are actually compound, sometimes consisting of very different amps and with techniques you are explaining. Each of the two separate amp plugins wouldn't work by themselves, but mixed together they work in a brilliant new way. Would be amazing to see that on a real example of a multitracked song in a video.

[@SugarpillProd]

It's definitely a great technique, and something you'll start to notice more and more once you hear it in your favourite songs. Thanks for watching!

[@Zdoesbass]

Low key this is really fire bro!

[@SugarpillProd]

Thanks, much appreciated!

[@redhorsereincarnated]

Often the purpose of double tracking is to make it sound like a single track with a stereo effect. For that you want the tones as close as possible with the slight differences in the playing creating the stereo effect. If you change the tone of one of the guitars it becomes obviously two different guitar tracks panned left/right, especially when listening with headphones or earbuds. It's kind of the opposite of a wide stereo spread but I guess that depends of how you define stereo spread. The two methods are aimed at different results.

[@SugarpillProd]

There's a case for both, though I'd disagree with viewing double tracking in that way. For vocals, absolutely. Guitars, however, are often doubled using different tones to both enhance the stereo feeling, and avoid issues like phasing, which can be more common when you're using the exact same tone. Though it will always depend on the sound you're going for, as to which option will work best.

[@soapboxparishrecordings5287]

0:21 song?

[@SugarpillProd]

Hello Euphoria by Turnover.

[@soapboxparishrecordings5287]

@ knew i recognised it!!! Blast from a decade ago. Thanks

[@Mario_31415]

How do you separate songs into different tracks?

[@SugarpillProd]

You'd either need to find the multitracks - of which there aren't that many out there, if you're talking about famous songs, though stem tracks are a bit easier to find. Or you can use those AI stem splitters, though the results are a bit hit and miss.

[@Mario_31415]

@ thank you

[@LiamP589]

Turnover!

[@diejom8232]

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[@G-ish-two]

turnover, fidlar, your vids are awesome

[@SugarpillProd]

Thanks, I appreciate you checking them out!

[@RabbiB0Y]

is it just me or do anyone else find it really annoying when songs are uneven like for example the right ear could have a solo whilst the left ear just has chords it just feels wrong especially if its a hard pan so none of that solo is getting over to the left ear

[@SugarpillProd]

Yeah I get what you mean! Part of the reason they used to do that was simply track count limitations - like when you hear records with the drums panned to one side. I suppose that also then lead to a preferred sound for some people, but I definitely prefer keeping anything focal up the centre.