Left Centre Right Mixing

From the outset of listening to music, if it's in stereo LCR mixes are a lively discussion. For the play along session musician or the musician who wants to keep his chops in but not listen to the instrument he or she plays whilst jamming with the recording it offers some freedom that LR mixes do not offer. To audio engineers it offers separation but also an avenue for elements of the mix to be analysed in a degree of isolation.

LCR was once described as hearing different recording booths auxiliary mixes individually by Bill Glastonbury from Henries Studio. There were three rooms or more accurately two rooms and a drum or vocal booth for several musicians to record together and yet maintain clarity from the microphones.

The last few weeks i've been mixing in LCR with the bass being fed from a woofer to my left under the table and the main LCR close together in front of me, the bass is deceptive i'm sure if I closed my eyes I would believe it was from the front monitors, its from the left though and that matters in proving that under 150hz the direction of the feed matters less than above 150hz.