Do you pan your guitars hard left and right when going through a PA.
For whatever reason we have been middling ours when rehearsing with IEMs and tried panning last night which really opened things up. Almost like a blanket had been lifted off everything.
I'm slightly embarrassed to say It's one of those things I've never given any thought to, but makes perfect sense.
However as I'm now going direct with my AX8, stereo is a tempting option to make the most of the lovely effects....is it possible to be panned and still have stereo effects? If so how would I go about that?
Any advice/wisdom greatly appreciated.
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Assuming your using 2 aux sends each for stereo I would have 2 lines in from your AX8, left and right and simply put the left into one aux send and the right into another ... it will then be panned into your IEM's like it would be when you plug your cans in
On the other hand, if the setup allows, no reason not to run a stereo mix really.
Personally, I'd look at stereo as optional ear candy with my own guitar rig - when setting it up, I'd test what it sounds like when it's collapsed to mono to make sure you'd be happy if that was all people heard, because stereo panning can mask intrinsic problems with phase cancellation.
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Mixing by EQ is very effective at separating guitars usually - ie if you have one player with a middy (eg Les Paul/Boogie) tone the other one needs a scooped bright (eg Strat/Fender) tone. That way you can hear both clearly without resorting to mixing by volume on two similar sounds, which is much more difficult to get a good balance with.
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