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http://www.monstunes.com/audio/mons/Mons%20-%20piano-choir-cello.mp3
I just sorta sketched that out last night at 3am or so and am going to do some more work on it. What do you think?
Also, it needs a name. Suggestions? :P
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The stereo image is just that. The balance of your elements between the left and the right. Every mix has 3 dimensions, if you choose to look at it that way. Left & Right = Panning. Up & Down = Frequency (I hear higher frequencies as "higher" in the mix). Front & Back = mix position (level) + depth (reverb?).
The piano sounds perfectly normal, as that's how piano's are generally mic'd (if you think of the inside of a grand piano, the low strings are to the left, and the higher ones are crossed at the right). However, when you also have another melody line (cello) playing over top of the high piano, it can start to get confusing, trying to focus in on just one. However, from a frequency standpoint, the cello is much closer to the lower piano register, so you did the right thing in separating them. What to do!? The joys of mixing =D
Convolution reverb = the most realistic of the reverbs. Don't know how it works in Sonar, but in Nuendo & PT, you can create an effects track (or aux buss), then create a send from the instrument track to the effect track. Avoid the temptation to insert reverbs directly on a channel, unless you know specifically why you're doing it. Altiverb is one of my favorites, but I think Cakewalk comes with some Lexicon reverb that's supposed to be decent.
If you're serious about things, it'd be good to have a solid knowledge of sound itself, as it goes a long way in understanding a mix. A couple good books are:
Audio In Media
Modern Recording Techniques: 6th Ed.
Annnd, if you can somehow get past the HORRIBLE effects, and overall cheesiness, look up David Gibson - The Art of Mixing DVD. There's some fantastic advice in there.
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