TRACK 1 AUDIO / CONDUCTOR STAGE DEMO
Watch Levi Brooks demonstrate panning with Conductor Stage, Track 1 Audio’s spatial plugin for stereo placement and room perspective in your DAW.
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How to actually pan in your daw with conductor stage
Conductor Stage by Track 1 Audio is a spatial plugin for stereo placement, room emulation and front-to-back depth. Use the example as a starting point, then compare the placement in your own full mix. Read how spatial plugins shape direction, width and depth.
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0:00Using your DAW’s standard panning tool doesn't actually do what you think it does. This dial right here is what we call balance control. It's not actual stereo panning. So it basically just lowers the volume of the other side. So if I go here, it's pulled the right side volume all the way down.
0:16And for the opposite, it's pulled the left side volume all the way down. And an easy solution to this is Conductor Stage, a plugin that I've developed that actually emulates an environment that you can put your instruments in. So if you plug all your instruments into the multitrack function, it'll take your mix from sounding like this.
0:37To sounding like this.
1:05CONDUCTOR STAGE
See Conductor Stage in this short introduction from Track 1 Audio. Explore a spatial plugin for stereo placement, room emulation and full-mix depth.
Watch Conductor Stage: Spatial Plugin Overview ↗
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Hear a short stereo mixing example from Track 1 Audio. Use headphones or stereo speakers to compare the placement and room perspective in the clip.
Watch Conductor Stage: Stereo Mixing Example ↗
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Watch Levi Brooks use Conductor Stage in a mix featuring music by Enda Reilly. See the spatial plugin workflow, then explore the current Free edition.
Watch Mixing a Track with Conductor Stage ↗