Seth Bloombaum |
May 14th, 2006 02:05 PM |
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Originally Posted by Seth Bloombaum
I'll try a mono render of some of my ORTF stuff later and report back.
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It turns out I didn't have any spoken word and only a little music recorded ORTF on my drives that are mounted right now. I'm currently involved in a drive shuffle due to a large project that's just started.
I do have a short piano excerpt both as ORTF and as ORTF collapsed to mono at 16/44 that I'd be glad to send you, about 4mb total. Email me at sbloombaum at that yahoo address or PM me via this forum.
Not sure how revealing it is, but it sounds OK in mono.
I'd think if phasing artifacts were to be objectionable, they'd probably be showing up in the spoken word.
Next time I have some of my older drives mounted I'll find some more music to test.
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Originally Posted by Steve House
Just a note - a lot of inexpensive "stereo" TVs are really mono electronics feeding 2 speakers spread only about a foot away. Even stereo TVs where the speakers are on the front of the cabinet, the speakers are so close to each other and they might as well be mono. Phasing problems can still occur as the sound travels from the speaker to the listener.
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Well, yes, I suppose so. But the original poster asked an interesting question about regarding how ORTF actually sounds when collapsed to mono, and I realized I'd never tested it. While I appreciate the guidance of the conventional wisdom about phase and comb effects, I'm also *very* interested in how *my* ORTF mixes sound when collapsed to mono.
In ancient times we used to test these things, and every broadcast console had a "mono" switch in the monitor section.
"If it sounds good it IS good" - Duke Ellington.
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