Pan/Stereo Question

[psychmusic]

Quick question..is there a difference between recording lets say a stero track of a guitar part and two guitar tracks in mono where one is pan left and the other right?

just curious

[Bro]

Yes there is, when you have 2 mono tracks panned to each side, you will have more of the recording or sound in the side you panned it to. Its not like that when you have a stereo recording. But this is just from my knowledge, if I'm wrong 64Guitars will give you the right answer! 

[Tony]

When you record in stereo, the stereo mic picks up the range of the sonic field and the signal is split into left and right in a way that tries to match that original sound (because we, humans, hear sounds through two receptors - ears - and our brain is set up to process sound in that way).  That's the idea anyway.  Then the Micro BR, when recording to a stereo track, lays the sound across two linked tracks to give back the same spatial arrangement - that's why the linked stereo tracks are panned L50 and R50. 

When you record a mono track and copy it to another track and pan them L50 and R50, you are getting all of the signal on each track and it isn't replicating the same sonic field.  It's just putting everything everywhere.

They both have their place.  Experiment and see which effects you like best and for what purposes.

[psychmusic]

thank you for your time in answering the question. I have been experimenting and enjoy both. Thanks again.

[Glenn Mitchell]

copying and panning is called "Big Mono" and it certainly does not sound like stereo. For a stereo "feel" you need to at least change something such as a different effect.
Another way is to record the same track again (Another "take") and the small differences in playing will come across as stereo.