WHY I mix in Mono - It's not The Reason you May Think..

Hi 👍 how did the faderport 16 last for you any repairs issues etc? 👍

Nice to get a confirmation of my own experiences. Cheers!

I love when I forget that Im mixing a song in mono, and it sounds BEAUTIFUL to me, and then I realize, and "pop out of mono"! Its awesome!

Good practical advice thx

Thanks Marcus, i had only been referring to mono, thinking that panning in, and volumes might make it pop, but never thought on that level you explain in this, this should be interesting as the many other noodles along the way... Your mixes sound excellent..

For those that don’t know. You can have a custom keyboard shortcut to switch to mono and back to stereo on the main out.

Thank you for another useful advice!)

Thanks 🙂

This HUGE. This is not a little tip Marcus. Thank you for opening my eyes and ears. This a HUGE tip that can helpany pepe that have problems with instruments battling the sound spectrum. Thank you thank you. I certainly will use this trick. Everything makes sense

Right on the money. Couple folding down to mono with an Avantone mix cube in the physical realm or using Steven’s nearfield in Slate VSX in the virtual realm can really help you find out what is masking what.

Many Pro mix engeneers mixin about 70% of time in mono with one speaker.

Thank you Marcus, I really never thought about it this way. It's very valuable advice!

Great explanation! Will try it out 😊

Maybe I've misunderstood this, but when a hard-panned source is summed to mono don't you lose 3dB (or whatever the pan law defines). If so, how can you set relative levels? Cheers!

I am going to have to explore this. Why am I only realizing this now?
Thanks Marcus

When i lately started to mix in mono as well, I suddenly noticed my working progress got much faster and the sound quality got much better by reason of what you refer to in this video! Thank you for confirming me 🙏👍🏻

I now do about 80% of the production and 100% of the mixing.mastering in mono. The ability to notice frequency masking and tracks hiding each other was also a gamechanger :)

Great explanation