Whenever I come across a song with specifically rapidly switching and ping ponging or warbling right/left effects, I get chills. But it’s hard to find exactly what I mean.

The only two songs that I know of that exemplify this are:

  • Such Great Heights by The Postal Service
  • Slow Me Down by Emmy Rossum

I heard the latter song first and I’ll never forget that moment I was sitting in front of the stereo and hit play, not knowing what to expect. I kept repeating the beginning of the song over and over again to hear that effect in the intro, amazed at what my ears were hearing.

There are a few more songs I’ve listened to that do this, but I’ve lost them and can’t remember what they were called sadly. I’ve been combing through my music library but haven’t found them again.

An example of songs that do NOT fit this criteria are Left and Right by Charlie Puth or Runaway by Kanye West. I don’t really care that the lyrics switch ears. It doesn’t provide that indescribable experience that the songs I posted above give.

I’m finding that this is such a hard thing to Google. A lot of people link to songs simply with “right left stereo effects”, but I’m looking for something more specific as in the above. I’m specifically looking for rapid right left switching effects, and NOT just instruments occasionally played in a different ear.

My genre of choice is pop/EDM and modern pop, but I’m open to others. Thanks all, I’d really appreciate it.

Edit: Sorry I haven’t been keeping up with the responses, guys. There are so many songs to wade through. Thanks!

  • paperclip27English
    10·
    1 year ago

    Pink Floyd’s song interstellar overdrive has a section near the end where they throw the pan back and forth, and slowly pan a drumroll around your head in a cool way. Highly recommend headphones. It’s psychedelic rock, so not one of the genres you mentioned, but its a fun one.

    https://youtu.be/4o2sA0vpA-4?si=q148uI7W3-cIZRAP

    • dingus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      This is a good example of what I’m looking for, thanks! I wish it were easier to search for this. Searching for “stereo” or “panning” in Google just doesn’t cut it and instead usually yields slowly panning songs.

      • paperclip27English
        2·
        1 year ago

        This track is off their first album ‘Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ which was with their original front man Syd Barret, who was really out there. So the album is weird, and is probably an acquired taste, but pretty much every track has some weird panning stuff going on, just not as extreme as interstellar overdrive.

      • canEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Try search ping-pong delay (pedal)

    • dingus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      The problem is thatthe majority of these songs aren’t what I’m looking for. That’s what I mean when I said I’m having a hard time googling it. I come up with playlists like you’ve linked

      Most songs that have a stereo panning effect do it very slowly. Or they simply put some lyrics or instruments in a different ear. Check out the Elvis song in that list to see what I mean. When I Google it, that comprises a majority of the songs that pop up.

      What I’m looking for is not instrument separation or a slow pan effect. I am specifically looking for a rapid ping pong stereo effect. The first song in that playlist does a decent job of what I’m describing, but the vast majority of them do not.

      Edit: This user on Reddit is describing exactly what I am referring to, but unfortunately didn’t get many responses. https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/3m36lg/songs_that_pan_left_and_right_quickly/

  • Kalcifer@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    The 2022 remaster of Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles (spotify) has lots of sounds that pan left and right, but they may not be the kind of “rapid panning” that you are talking about.

    • dingus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, it’s easy to Google and simply find songs with stereo separation, but I’m specifically looking for a rapid switching effect. It seems to be hard to Google. I decided tmthat it’s best for me to start a playlist of these sorts of songs as I stumble into them because I guess it’ll just have to happen organically over time unfortunately. Searching reveals stuff like you describe instead of what I’m looking for.

  • vettnerk@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Pantera - Domination. Probably not your cup of tea, but it does pan the guitars like you describe. Towards the end, at least.

  • gid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    The main synth melody in Nine Inch Nails’s “Ringfinger” has this kind of effect.

    • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Since you’re into EDM and that’s most of what Iisten to… I’ll add to the list and see if it helps.

      Some/most of these are kinda limited in the use of the effect. And maybe my hearing sucks too, even with headphones lol (forgive me if I get it wrong)

      • Wind in Your Face - Giuseppe Ottaviani
      • As You Are - Armin Van Buuren
      • Shadows - Allan Watts
      • Spiral - Estiva
      • With You - G. Ottaviani
      • Namaqua - Protoculture
      • Follow the Waves - Kyau & Albert (Heard Right Remix)
      • Sky - Estiva
      • Far Behind - Nils Hoffman
      • Sun In Your Eyes - Above & Beyond (Spencer Brown Remix)
      • Awestruck - Alex Wright
      • Forever - Farius
      • Lightmare - DYRM, Evan Henzi
      • Secrets - Hausman
      • My Love - Florence + The Machine (MEDUZA Remix)
      • Run To You - Ocata
      • Came Here For Love - My Friend
      • Pattern Recognition - Grum
      • Darkest Light - Myon, Alissa Feudo (gardenstate Remix)
      • Paradise - Alex M.O.R.P.H.
      • Parachute - Rodg, Manu Zain
      • La Nuit - Maarten de Jong (Frank Spector Remix)
      • Found - Matt Fax, Estiva
      • Healing - Mhammed El Alami
      • State of Mind - Armin Van Buuren, ALBA
  • dawatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Kinda fun fact: Opus No. 1 by Tim Carleton (the default Cisco CallManager waiting music) has this.