With vocal production you also have a lot going on – lead vocal, harmonized vocals, background vocals (oohs and ahhs), ad libs – all with lots of double tracking and layers of the human voice. Guitar stems can include both electrics and acoustics, strumming and arpeggio parts, rhythm and lead lines – plus lots of double tracking (I usually end up with at least 6-10 guitar tracks on a song). When it comes to vocals and guitars it can go either way because these two groups of instruments play a variety of roles within a track and tend to have lots of layers They’re the foundation of a song and sound best panned center to hold down the fort. Things like bass and kick drum are usually mixed as mono tracks. (They’re also usually programmed as stereo patches to begin with.) They’re rhythmic and do a great job at filling out the soundscape. Things like synth pads and keys are usually mixed as stereo tracks. a stereo track – mono tracks play on one channel while stereo tracks play on two. We all know the difference between a mono track vs. So if this guy was telling me he never records guitars in stereo – I made sure to listen. The reason that sentence stuck out for me is because this mentor was both a music producer AND one of the top studio guitarists who had recorded with almost everyone worth recording with.

I’ll never forget when one of my music mentors said that.

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