Hi all,
I hope you are all doing OK and safe.
I would like some help if possible on how to best balance and mix my only 2 tracks recordings.
Usually, I record a live stereo track the following way:
- Guitar -------> Echo ---------> Amp ----------> out to 1 stereo channel in the mixer
- Backing track played through the P.A. -----------> out to 1 stereo channel in the mixer
- Mixer Stereo Main out to 1/8" mic input in my Zoom Q4N camcorder.
The problem with the resulting stereo file is that as soon as the guitar plays, the level of the Backing track goes considerably down.
I searched and read that the best way to have control over that is to Pan each channel opposite way.
So, in the mixer, I panned the guitar completely to the Left, and the Backing track completely to the Right.
Now I have my video file and 1 stereo file with the 2 tracks (BT and Guitar) panned opposite ways. I can save each one as a Mono track.
Where do I go from here and how do I get the best balance and mix between the 2?.
The Backing track originally sounds great in stereo. Now that it's mono, I wonder how I can get that stereo ambiance back.?
I would appreciate your expert input, thank you very much,
Abel