5 Minutes To A Better Mix III: The Center Guitar

Part 17 of 31 – For the longest time I always thought that to make my mix sound bigger and beefier I needed more pairs of guitars panned wide. Turns out I only needed one more, up the middle.

One Guitar Up The Center

If your mix is balanced nicely but you are needing a bit more oomph in the guitars, consider picking one part and panning it up the center. Something about layering a guitar right over the bass and kick drum does wonders for thickening the mix right up without losing clarity on the outsides.