How to mix in stereo... 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.

[anantwashere]

15 years into the game, one takes the liberty to think that one has figured it out, and then comes Dan with such videos. Thank you for keeping me humble.

[ry.albert]

I'm in shock about what I just learned. I just had to sit down in silence for 20 minutes and conceptualize the info Dan just casually presented. So grateful for your work Dan. It's so relieving to learn and understand the how and why of it all. THANK YOU

[variancewithin]

i've been doing this shit for 15 years.

my mind is BLOWN. this is like unlocking a new achievement in mixing abilities. holy shit. some of the things people do make so much more sense. I never knew about these things.

[elblopex]

"further right than hard panned" now we understand why Dan is so good at what he does

[ericsullivan]

This series is genuinely incredible. The quality of the information, the maximization of your time without extraneous information or cutaways, the visuals, the VoiceOver. Well done, and thank you for putting this out!

[Rhekluse]

Once I heard Dan's voice I automatically went up and clicked the thumbs up!

[joefairbanks]

This make so much more sense than anything I've EVER tried learning from. The visuals without the cutaway to someone talking is fantastic, as well. It's almost art therapy. Bravo!!!!

[lyxnick]

It's ridiculous how often I come back to this video. So many great tips in 15 minutes it's kind of insane...

[finngeometry]

The two sentences to describe mixing;

“It’s a bit more complicated than that.”

“Well not exactly…”

[kennyfenny]

These are some of the best YT videos on sound mixing production.

[papitolindo]

Fabfilter: Uploads Video to YouTube
Me: "Grabs Pen and Paper"

[MixYourWay]

These are NOT fabfilter videos.
These are DAN WORRALL videos.

[hugotahell]

This was so good, I feel like I have to pay someone for it. Wow.

[adrianzag]

Dan Worrall. The world leader we need right now

[xaosnox]

Am I the only one who feels like a freshman who walked into a class of grad students arguing astrophysics? So much info in so little time. I find myself getting distracted by wondering how he is able to think about so many things at once, have such a tremendous mastery of the FabFilter plugins (a huge achievement itself), exercise such a great creative sense, and have such a sound understanding of the technical/mathematic elements of what he's doing at the same time. So inspiring!

[HNDCRAFTED]

I love this topic, there isn’t enough on this topic. Mono seems more common than ever. Mono speakers everywhere, mono streams. I’ve started mixing in mono.
Also there are far too many plugins that don’t seem to account for mono compatibility.

[enthusiast]

Phenomenal tutorials, thank you Dan + FabFilter for commissioning/hosting them... watched parts 1 through 3... with lots of useful replaying... so much excellent detail. Thank you both again... very generous tutorials, truly. 💯👏

[nocturnaldeveloper]

Finally, a decent mixing tutorial directed by Guy Ritchie

[evensteve]

I need to watch/listen to part one 50 more times before I go on to part 2! Thank you so much for this.

[gladejustglade]

I want this guy to teach me everything.