question about recording my rhodes...

[SWANG]

hi all!  hope everyone is doing well...

i've recently recorded a tune, and after mixing, i've noticed something.  it appears as though the stereo ping pong on my rhodes track has become less prominent.  i am assuming this is due to compression (too much, perhaps?), but i'm not sure.

has this happened to anyone here?  if so, what steps would you suggest i take to avoid losing the effect on future mixes?

p.s. - before anyone asks, yes - i did track the rhodes in stereo.  :lol:

[Rob A]

There are plugins that will measure the stereo spread and allow you to manipulate it. So if need be, you can enhance or reduce the width of the stereo tremolo after you track. What software did you record with?

[funk5]

Is this a stereo suitcase, or the '72 Stage with the Stage Vibe, because isn't that mono?

[Ben Bove]

If you recorded the rhodes while listening to headphones, and then listened back on studio monitors, the panning will be much less acoustically speaking as the signal is projected at you and not neatly separated into headphone cans.

If you listen to your mix on headphones and it's still less, then something else is going on in fact.

[SWANG]

figured it out.  it was a bussing issue...

thanks for replying, everyone.