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Originally posted by theendofday:
That vocal mixed in stereo is usually a mono signal. You can simply extract that vocal out by using an old Dolby-Pro Logic processor or anything that can generate center channel and put it with your regular phantom stereo along with slightly gain boost. You could have a very clear center image by using this method. I use three mono center plus 4 regular stereo.



Believe it or not, when using songs that were recorded in stereo for inclusion into a film mix, this is exactly how the engineers extract the lead vocal for mixing it into the center speaker. They use what is called the "Dolby 3" mode which does not attempt to extract surround information - the surrounds are created by delays and reverberation.