A really interesting method I have been reading in the past few nights is to listen to the master in mono then pan the instruments until you hear a nice separation of tones. For example, if you have two guitars pan them so you can identify both guitars in the mono master clearly. According to this guys theory when the master is made stereo again you will have the instruments in a good place. I can see how it works.

Tony


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