ASSIGNMENT #1: PANNING
Lesson time: (0min 57sec)
Instructions: Download the files provided, they're an extract of a film score recording. Load the files into your session and pan everything according to an orchestra map that you'll find online.
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This lesson is part of the course Mixing for Film & TV score
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Lesson transcript:
Film School Recording Assignment
Hi, everyone!
Your first assignment is to download the files we've provided you with. Here's a step-by-step guide on what to do next:
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Download the Files
Make sure you have access to the provided files and download them into your session. -
Pay Attention to Panning
Focus particularly on the panning, as you will be dealing with around 20, 30, or even 40 microphones. -
Use the Orchestra Seating Plan
To know where everybody is sitting, you will need to look at a map of an orchestra, which you can find online.- Simply type in "orchestra seating plan" in your search engine, and you will find plenty of information.
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Panning Strategy
- Pan all the microphones accordingly.
- Place the deca tree in the front.
- Position the ambient mics in the back.
As I explained in my course, this arrangement is crucial for achieving the best sound quality. Good luck!
About the instructor
In the early nineties, Goetz Botzenhardt trained at Swanyard Recording Studios, assisting top producers like Flood, Alan Moulder and Tom Lord-Alge, and cut his teeth recording and mixing the dance and Acid Jazz bands of the 90s - Incognito, Galliano, Soul II Soul and many others.At Swanyard he met Rollo Armstrong and the two quickly formed a creative partnership, leading to many big dance records and remixes and, soon after, to recording and mixing the first two acclaimed Faithless albums and Dido's multi-platinum 'No Angel'.Ranging across genres, he recorded and mixed the Sugababes' debut album 'One Touch', including their first hit 'Overload', and has mixed for The Cardigans, Bjork, The Cinematic Orchestra, Craig David, the Pet Shop Boys and Hikaru Utada, one of Japan's most successful artists.More recently he expanded into film and TV, working extensively with composers Christian Henson, Martin Phipps and Anne Nikitin, and mixing Daniel Pemberton's Golden Globe-nominated score for 'Steve Jobs', directed by Danny Boyle. Away from film he produced Tanita Tikaram's 'Closer to the People', mixed tracks for Sigala, Ella Eyre, Breton, Planet Funk and Tito Jackson, and in 2016 mixed Peabo Bryson's album with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. A full list of his work is on his discography and filmography pages at goetz-botzenhardt.com.Goetz works from his own studio and mix room, built around an SSL E4044 console, Adam 5.1 surround monitoring, a 48-channel Pro Tools HDX system and choice outboard gear. In his courses he takes you inside that room to show how he mixes across two very different worlds: in Mixing for Film & TV Score, how he balances and shapes orchestral and hybrid scores to serve the picture; and in Mixing Commercial Pop Music, how he builds punchy, radio-ready pop mixes from the multitrack up. read more