I'll echo in a bit on the drum topic and then go back to the reason I resurrected this thread.

I'd be happy with separate Snare and Kick audio. Most of my music is jazz oriented, so big drum kits aren't the goal. But it would be nice to be able to reinforce these two parts a bit along with the stereo mix. I'm actually pretty impressed with the stereo drum parts that I've been using thus far.

Here's the song I've been working on that raised the question about stereo/mono instrument tracks. The rhythm guitars (Realtracks 1449 and 1450) are mono, which works fine in this gypsy jazz/Latin influenced take on a Green Day song. Gypsy jazz groups often have a couple of rhythm guitars, so these are panned left/right and mono is fine. I also worked in a dueling violin part courtesy of Tim Kliphuis (Realtrack 1446), a stereo track. I put the source track on a Utility track and use the BiaB harmonizer to generate a "partner". They are also panned left/right, to get the proper feel of "dueling" and trading fours. I didn't really concentrate on the stereo aspect of the violin, but I don't think of a violin as occupying a stereo space like drums or even a piano might. So I'd love to know about the mic setup for that and similar tracks, and perhaps then it would make more sense to split it into two mono tracks and do some different EQ/balancing. I didn't need that precision on this song, but might want it sometime.


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