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Note on How Kaytranada Produced Glowed Up via Reverb Machine

Stereo width is a big part of the Glowed Up mix, with the 808 and synth chords being ultra-wide in the mix, and other sounds like the outro melody being completely mono. Using a mix of mono and stereoized sounds helps create a rich sounding mix, with every track having a space in the stereo spectrum.

I notice this production technique of using stereo width to create distinct spaces for different elements mirrors the mathematical structure that Leibniz described in music, where our minds unconsciously track relationships and positions; does the spatial placement of sounds operate like the rhythmic counting he mentions, creating satisfaction through resolved expectation of where sounds should appear in the stereo field?

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