How to mix in without sucking in mono (part 1)

Part 1: Toeing The Blumlein. When you pan a mono part left or right you only change the levels feeding the left or right channels, this doesn t introduce any timing or phase differences. Likewise if you record stereo signals with a coincident microphone pair, signals arrive at both microphones at the same time, and in phase. This avoids the worst possible mono compatibility issues, but still doesn t provide perfect mono compatibility. This tutorial by Dan Worrall shows the pitfalls that remain, and looks at a few ways to use panning and effects to create a sense of width, while mostly following Alan Blumlein s original rules and avoiding any timing differences between the channels. This series continues with . You can find more useful tutorials at . FabFilter plugins can be downloaded and purchased via .