Hard-pan and widen non-essential sounds

Since summing to mono will cause a decrease in volume for hard-panned elements, hard-pan non-essential sounds.1

This can be especially useful for reverbs. Using a stereo widener to reduce the mid channel will sound great in stereo and more or less null in mono.

  1. How to mix in stereo… without sucking in mono (part 1) - YouTube ↩

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Stereo processing
Stereo processing [[Use short delays for stereo width]] [[Creating a fake double track]] [[Use a graphic EQ for stereo widening]]...