Stereo 'Piano-like' panning with whole MIDI range, bass left, treble right

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eztej
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Stereo 'Piano-like' panning with whole MIDI range, bass left, treble right

Post by eztej » Thu May 16, 2024 8:42 am

Hi!

I usually turn the whole web upside down to get an answer to my query, but today I just couldn't find anything. My issue is this:

When working with piano-like synths, like 'Rodish piano', I would like my notes to be heard from a range of different, distinct places. As an example: you would hear a C1 on L50, C6 on R50, and C4 centred. Every other note would be in their own place. Of course, I'd like to maybe decrease the range a little, but the only real way I've seen people do anything like this is either instrument racks with separate ranges, which does not really achieve what I aim to do or is incredibly tedious, or panning individual midi notes, which is even more labour-intensive.

I'm working with Ableton Live 11, usually using an AKAI MPK Mini and working with .ADV stock synths. Thanks! :D

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Re: Stereo 'Piano-like' panning with whole MIDI range, bass left, treble right

Post by yur2die4 » Thu May 16, 2024 3:50 pm

There are often tools in a lot of devices for this. Depends which device you use (also, processing after can affect the result)

A common tool is Pan influenced by Key parameter. It might require offsetting, might not, when you increase or decrease it.

Another option is if something has modulation routing options where Key is a source and Pan is an option to be modulated.

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