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RE: Stereo



Title: RE: Stereo

>>Respectfully, stereo is indeed an artificial construct, no matter how
well or poorly it imitates the tendency of animal sensory organs to
come in twos. Recorded music intends to place all the sound in a
two-dimensional array that does not represent at all the ways in which
we personally experience "live" sound.<<

stereo is a natural phenomenon, badly imitated by contemporary recording & distribution techniques, that typically use only the level & not the phase component to locate something in a stereo panorama.

several attempts have been made to record rock music using "accurate" techniqes- most notably, for my money, joe jackson's efforts in the early 80s.... "body & soul", I think it was.

that's not to say that recordings can't be convincing &/or dramatic with the use of panning, artificial space & close-miking techniques.

surround sound is necessary because the altered frequency response of the ear to sounds from behind the listener are different for every individual, & can't be convincingly reproduced with standard two-channel equipment.

I could go on for hours.....

d.