AMEN...  +1

-----Original Message-----
From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu]
On Behalf Of Fons Adriaensen
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 4:02 PM
To: sursound@music.vt.edu
Subject: Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 10:18:46PM +0000, Peter Lennox wrote:

> Basically, stereo intrinsically features cross-talk; listening over 
> headphones removes this.
> So putting it back in, via some kind of Blumlein shuffling, fixes 
> that. if you want externalisation, you need some room effect 
> (artificially generated or whatever). So you can have 'stereo- 
> via-headphones', it's just a case of subtlety.

Absolutely true. Signals that work well when using speakers (e.g. Blumlein)
don't sound right on headphones, and vice- versa (even more). The two are
fundamentally different, a fact blissfully ignored in many discussions on
stereo recording tecnniques etc. You can find a compromise that works for
both, but it will fail to deliver what can be achieved using signals
optimized for either situation.

It's something I've learned over years of live concert recording:
you (or at least, I) can't trust any judgement on direct/reverb ratio or
image width when listening on headphones to a recording that is intended to
be reproduced using speakers. So, unless I'm in a place I know very well
from previous work, I tend to record a bit closer than required (since it's
easier to add reverb than to remove it), and using a coincident technique
that allows to modify the image width in post-production.

Ciao,

--
FA

A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and
hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)

_______________________________________________
Sursound mailing list
Sursound@music.vt.edu
https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

_______________________________________________
Sursound mailing list
Sursound@music.vt.edu
https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Reply via email to