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Originally Posted by whitecloud
First off if I recorded one stereo track I am committed. Recording two mono tracks gives me the option to pan to taste.
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OK, so you didn't really record to mono - you recorded each mic to its own track and mixed to mono? I don't know your DAW, but in most DAWs I know, there's really no difference between recording two mono tracks and panning them left and right to create stereo vs recording to a stereo track - where you can still collapse to mono if you want. But this may have to do with your software. In any case, to really get these stereo micing techniques, you don't want to be panning or collapsing. If you're recording to 2 tracks, pan one hard right, the other hard left, and leave that alone. Then you'll hear what the technique is supposed to do. Of course after that, do whatever you want to make it sound best to you!