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Hi,
I wonder if I can use different mixer presets for different instruments or sections. For example, I might want to start from a Wide Lush preset for strings, and use a Narrow preset for solo horns.
Would this cause an impression of different, unrelated planes, or would it be a perfectly legit choice, with the focus changing in different sections according to the piece's narrative?
Paolo
...less focus (wider: far back into the ensemble; narrower: more to the front of the stage).
Paolo
Hi Paolo
Think of yourself as a listener in front of the orchestra and thus with which angle you see soloists and ensembles (sections of instruments).
Let us take 3 Trumpets...
Generally: the further away they are, the narrower the viewing angle becomes. The closer they are, the wider the viewing angle. For example, a listener in row 3 will probably see the strings sitting in front at about 90° (from the left to the right)
Thank you, Beat. So, it's a matter of perspective.
As a side effect, elaborating on the focus analogy I made above: the width of the panorama on a section is like the lighting in a theatre: a narrow spot on an actor makes him/her emerge from the diffuse, wider lighting of the rest of the scene.
Paolo
