Stereo Pan in Garageband and iTunes

Ok, I know this probably doesn’t apply to anyone but me, but if there are any worship leaders out there using Reason or GarageBand and then mixing down to mp3 with iTunes I have discovered a sneaky little feature that iTunes has which caused me literally DAYS and DAYS of headaches so I thought I’d post on it.

I make loops with Reason and GarageBand to use in services under the other instruments.   All of these include a click track panned hard left and the backing track panned hard right.  Well, as soon as I imported the song into iTunes, the click track bled (and vice versa) into the backing track.  While this may not seem a problem, when you are playing in front of a large crowd, you probably don’t want them hearing the click…

SOLUTION:

So TODAY I discovered this little check box in iTunes called ‘Sound Enhancer.’

This little checkbox actually CAUSES crossfade inbetween the left and right channels!  ARRGGGHH!  Why iTunes, Why?

SO, if you are doing split track recordings and bouncing them to iTunes, I would suggest that you UNCHECK the ’sound enhancer’ box.

Peace Out!

Weekend Setlist 2-28

Enjoyed leading at Grace this weekend.

We are doing a set based on the Lord’s prayer and Hillsong’s ‘Kingdom Come.’

We begun by reading the Lord’s Prayer out of Matthew 6 corporately.

We sung an arrangement of Kingdom Come by Hillsong

Then we did my arrangement of Grace Flows Down

I introduced Jesus, Lord of Heaven by Phil Wickham and went straight into

I Have Decided (old school)

We finished that set with the chorus reprise of Kingdom Come

Our performance song this week was All Because of Jesus.  I made a Reason Loop which you can listen to HERE.

Reason Loop – All Creation Sing

I made up a little Reason Loop for Fee’s All Creation Sing (Joy to the World)

If you are interested you can check it out here.

I am planning on using it for the next couple weeks in the service.

What song are you going to use for the Christmas services?