Understanding Pan Law - What you need to know
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- Understanding Pan Law - What you need to know
#panlaw #mixing #cubase
Today we’re exploring one of the great mysteries of the audio world… Pan Law!
I’m going to do my best to explain it to you in simple terms and show you where to find the settings in Cubase.
I’ll also show you the settings I use most, and why.
I want to make sure you understand this, so if you still have questions, leave me a comment below. I’ll do my best to help you figure it out!
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:50 Where to find Pan Law settings in Cubase
1:15 Pan Law Defined
2:30 What zero-compensation Pan Law sounds like
3:20 3db Pan Law setting
5:05 Why Pan Law doesn’t compensate for Mono compatibility
6:40 My 2 favorite Pan Law settings in Cubase
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Wow Chris Im on Cubase for a looooooong time and you always bring stuff nobody else talks about, Im glad I found YOU
You're welcome, Oscar! I'm glad you found me too :-)
2:08 😬Anyway, great video 👍
Really clear & concise walk thru of the Pan Law & thanks a bunch for answering my question from the Previous Video. Thanks loads again for your time & efforts towards the whole Cubase community . God Bless Chris & Cheers... :)
Huh.......I had no idea about this.......Always learning something new! Thanks Chris.......
the best video about pan law, finally!!! Thanks Chris
Great video and tips
Great show full of very good info! Thanks Chris. I haven't been around for a while but I"m back.
Thanks for this info. You rock!
WoW! I had heard of the Pan Law but now I actually know what it is! Thanks for another great and informative video, Chris!
You are so welcome!
Top class video! Huge fan of your channel. This is great
Much appreciated!
Thanks Chris, excellent info, rock on \m/
Learned a lot! Thank you!
Very welcome!
Great explanation Chris. I wasn't aware of this feature. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Thanks Chris. Always something I didn't know.
You're welcome!
very helpful
This is a pretty good explanation!
Given that so many people get this wrong so often, this is a pleasant surprise.
Thank You, Chris.
You're very welcome
Tnx ❤
I never knew. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome!
Cool... Thanx.
Cool...I learned something about cubase today! Ty
Awesome
Thanks!
Thank you for these clear and useful explanations (I'm not a Cubase user, I use Logic, but we have the same settings and I was curious about that)
You're welcome!
Nice, thanks for simple explanation. Never troubled with it, i have it set on default in Cubase. Will try on -3 next time with new project.👍✌
You're welcome! Like I said in the video, it will only matter when moving a track's PAN from one side to the center or the opposite side.
Me too.
Cheers for that
thank you :-)
Great explanation for those who don't know that when you double a signal it increases by a ratio of 3 db. Realy useful when you want to do a continuous panning from side to side
Glad you enjoyed it! :-)
Another great video! Hi Chris I notice your volume max is set to +12 db. What is the volume max for? Thanks😎👍
Hi Chris is this compensation in CR only or it is applied on the exported project too? Thank's in advance.
Chris, Thanks for this video. Pan Law has always baffled me. Also, please be careful with water near your equipment. That could have been bad. Praise God all went well.
Wiil do my friend! :-)
😂😂
awesome! Thats the topic im struggling with for years and never found a perfect solution. Because: when working with voiceover im used to limit everything in master to 0 db TP but when doing a mixdown to mono it summs the channels up and so adds 6db which sometimes leads to distorted bounces. the strange thing is , thats only sometimes and its hard to see if its a matter of LUFS or idk. So what would be your approach to do mixdown mono tracks via the stereo out to mono wav without having the struggle of the 6db adding issue? How can i mixdown my VO savely without getting distorted tracks? Setting up the levels of the stereo master bus to -6db? Because when setting the pan mode to -6 everything is not at 0db but at -6 db TP strangely. I wonder if you could help out here
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In Fairlight you get a 3D box to place the sound source in the front, back, sides and overhead. Drag and drop.
Hey Chris, how's it going. I understand pan law to a degree. -3db P.L hard paned will be half as loud as center paned. What I am confused with, if I export a track with a say -3 P.L. when I import that track back in it is 3db lower than the original, this bugs me.
He Chris could you do a tutorial on Solfeggio frequencies and how to change the 440 hz in the global in cubase?
Wow! I like what you said about the SSL console defaulting the Stereo Pan Law to -4.6. Does that mean using an SSL plugin and having the Stereo Pan Law set to -3 could present a problem?
Not at all, that was only on Analog Consoles, not plugins
you perceive 3dB louder on speaker but (as in mid side encoding-decoding on mixer) but on the pan control you have to attenuate -6dB, so is -3dB for Left AND Right. Right ? I prefer to work in LCR mode on mono instruments and leave the stereo ons as are. What do you think ?
Excellent stuff! I don't know what Cubase is-lol-but excellent stuff! (said a Pro Tools troll)
LOL! Glad you enjoyed the video from ProTools land :-)
Wonder if pan law is in Presonus Studio One?
✌🙂👍
Hi Chris
Hey John!
هل يتم تاثير على mono عند تفعيل pan law
You are Crystal Limb!! So said the sub titles.
Thanks!
Bonjour
T’oit d’abord je te remercie beaucoup pour ces vidéos utiles pour nous qui débutent dans la musique . Je souhaiterai savoir si tu pourrais faire une vidéo comment utiliser les reverbs sur l’ensemble du mix
If you write in English, it'll be understandable to a lot more people around the world
Translation:
Hi,
First of all, thank You so much for these useful videos for [those] who are new to music [productions]. I would like to know if you could make a video [about] how to use the reverbs on the whole mix?
I thought it was like Dane law only in Neverland 😁
What's the Cubase default and is the default different in other DAWs?
Not sure, but I think it's -3 or Equal value. For other DAWs, I don't know
Salut Chris!! je sais pas si tu verras mon message car j'utilise Reaper depuis très peut et je me suis rendu compte que le son est beaucoup plus stéreo que cubase, quand j'utilise un exemple superior drummer 3 sur Reaper j'entend que la batterie est beaucoup plus stereo que dans cubase, j'aimerais bien que tu fasses le test Reaper est gratuit et j'aimerais avoir ton opinion la dessus!!!!
I must have weird ears, because with Pan Law at -3 dB it sounded quieter in the center. The 0 dB setting sounded natural to me, with equal loudness.
Lol, try it out from a session of your own. RUclips audio is not always reliable
FL STUDIO ?
Just another law I broke, without even knowing about it ;)
I used to be very concerned about mono mixing when people had many mono listening sources, such as portable radios and older TVs. In today's world, who is listening in mono? Who edits video/film via tape to tape and EDLs any more? Universally it has all moved to digital NLEs. I think mono mixes are like that. Old techniques that no longer are applicable in today's world.
Distance to the audio source also plays a role. Not every listener is going to be placed exactly in the sweet spot where speakers form an orthonormal basis. The further you move away the more it will sound like a mono source, like two radios placed next to each other. So, no need to overthink it but some form of compensation for that is still useful.