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Ed on 5.1 :

“The center speaker is your friend. When I first started, the first few 5.1 [releases] I did, I was a little apprehensive about using the center speaker. That was after talking to Alan Parsons and some other people. But lately, I've been using it more and finding that it gives me a wider sweet spot. The vocal is good there, but I don't want to leave the artist out there bare where you can isolate the vocal like that, so I've been building a mini-rhythm mix in the center speaker — it supports the vocal but isn't loud enough that it takes away from the spread. There's a preponderance of bass and kick drum and snare, maybe a rhythm guitar — it helps the groove.”