How to mix in stereo... without sucking in mono (part 2)

Part 2: Timing... the secret of great stereo.

Timing differences between the left and right channels can sound great in stereo, and as a bonus will also seem much more spacious on headphones, but you need to be careful about mono compatibility.

In Part 2, Dan Worrall explains what happens when you delay one channel by a tiny amount ("Haas delay"), what then happens when you sum them to mono ("comb filtering"), and shows how to use the technique in practise without creating mono compatibility issues.

[bitflux]

wow this vids are pure gold in the youtube wasteland, a man that actually knows what hes talking about

[johanyngman]

"If you got two parts that tend to sit in the same frequencies as each other:
Try copying the haas delay for the first part and reuse it for the second. Before you try changing the delay time, try inverting the polarity instead. This gives the opposite comb filtering response and maximum possible separation between the two parts."

This part blew my mind so much that I had to pause the video and take a deep breath. That's so cool

[paulwanjira]

watching such a guy can make you feel really stupid, but again, you can learn so much in those 20 minutes. Keep up the lessons. Thank you

[TokyoSpeirs]

Every mix trick I discover is one that Dan already Haas.

[aidarka]

Damn...These videos with Dan Worrall are developing a strong sense of what the sound actually is and how to achieve anything you want without any super-duper-game-changer plugins. Thank you, guys, your tutorials are priceless, appreciate that they are free.

[axlkurt]

the best STEREO tutorial in ALL YOUTUBE, the only one that talks physics and the real reason of all the stereo thingy

[briancase]

This is incredibly great. Thanks. But it occurs to me, after getting a YouTube video education for a year and a half, that no one else makes a video like this on these techniques. It makes me suspect that all those "expert" mix engineers making videos aren't as expert as they claim. Or, maybe they don't want to share these techniques. Or, they think their viewers aren't able to understand. But I think they don't understand.... Anyway, thanks a million for this series!

[johnviera]

at 6:13
as a Logic user, that zooming stabs me in the heart.

[joost]

Dan Worrall is the God of audio tutorials

[KayjaxMusic]

Is this the best production channel ever? Quite possibly. Very knowledgable and pleasant speaker, engaging music that applies to the topic points throughout the song, and fantastic illustrations and animation that applies the subject matter directly to what you're hearing.

I can't get enough of this content and I'm honestly surprised it's free.

[vittoriopolii]

This three videos are amazing, incredibly full of tips that can seem hard to undestand but that are really helpful to achive that "level up" in the mixing process. This videos need to be watched more than one time to undestand every word. Thank for this amazing stuff Dan!

[searchiemusic]

dude you've blatantly explained in full detail why in the past few years, despite primarily producing electronic i've been listening to rock/metal, its the fact its actually recorded in a room! it sounds so much fuller! it really does! like, its absolutely not impossible to get a synth to sound good of course but i realize now that its probably conducive to my own production to add even more acoustic elements, i've even thought of micing my monitors with synths to get room reverb so i absolutely have to try that now

[Spykolofficial]

The explanation of the haas effect is legendary. Thanks for the solutions.

[yoshireincarnate]

i have no idea who you are but ive been struggling with properly mixing my first tracks after years of 'producing' and these videos are amazing. so glad i clicked on your channel in the suggested vids.

Oh, my... I'm not sure how to thank you for these series of vídeos, @Dan Worrall and @Fabfilter. You taught me how to fix a big issue that I wasn't able to fix by myself.

[jamesdavidwest]

This is the best Mix video I have watched in all of my 35 years. Thank you.

[huntersolheim]

Another idea for Haas delays: Have one channel that is down the center of your mix. Then create a delayed duplicate for the left and a differently delayed duplicate for the right channel. Bus the delayed duplicates together and apply a mid/side balance control to that bus. Turn the side signal up and the mid signal down for these panned and delayed tracks. This will add width but allow any Haas phasing issues to disappear in mono. This is because reducing the mid signal and boosting the sides on any track with pre-existing stereo information will make the track's signal disappear considerably in mono but add lots of width in stereo.

[comod]

Finally i know how to achieve this stereo width ("outside of your head" effect). Thank you!

[hygro]

This is the dopest video on using the haas effect.

[kollusion]

Every time I think I'm pretty much on top of things, Dan throws yet another spanner into the works!