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Suriname     Apr 19, 2007 08:59 AM
Hi David,

I purchsed your Playback series and I think it is worth every dollar invested.
I had some questions concerning the A+B/A-B technique.
I fully understood the defenition A+B and A-B, but what is not clear to me are the concepts.
On track 18 of cd#2 you centered the vocal, electric bass and kick drum and named it "A+B" and the rhytmic stuff was panned hard left and right and named "A-B".
What I have understood is that you have to mix the left channel (A) with the right channel (B) monaural into 1 channel (bounce) in order to achieve the "A+B" component.
To achieve the "A-B" component you have to mix the left channel "A" with the polarity inverted right channel monaural into one channel "A-B".
I than have 2 channels "A+B" and "A-B" and what is not clear to me is what to do now?
These questions I ask because I do only "voice over recordings" with high quality backing tracks that I record first on 2 channels of my Roland VS 880 VXpand digital workstation.
Given this configuration what is the procedure to apply the "A+B"/"A-B" technique?

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.


Ludwig Heidanus
Heidanus 
Dave Moulton, assisted by Alex Case and Peter Alhadeff
January 1993

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