Originally Posted by rayc
Why, oh why are overheads, room & tom "stems" etc. frequently MONO?
The stereo "MIX" that comes with the stems has stereo room, overheads and toms blended in but the actual "stems" aren't stereo.
Someone could at least explain the WHY.
I'm pretty sure that the intent is to give us the raw mic feeds so that we can do our own panning and reverb, etc..
It seems likely that's not the case.

Last edited by Gordon Scott; 09/03/25 10:13 AM.

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