Friends: I'd appreciate any ideas you can give me about a matter that
(I hope) will improve my understanding of stereo.
In the mp3 clip http://homepages.uc.edu/~pelikas/goose.mp3
you'll hear a Canada Goose flying from right to left. To me, when I
listen to the recording with headphones, it sounds like the goose is
flying behind me (rather than in front of me --- where it might be
seen, for example).
Am I nuts in this perception? or arbitrary? Can anyone agree/disagree
with the effect?
When I reverse the channels (switch the headphones around left for
right) it STILL sounds like the goose passes behind me. So it seems
that switching left for right is a "flip" in a vertical mirror rather
than a "rotation".
What kind of information conveys/creates the "front/back" effect?
Finally, or to be less theoretical: When the recording was made, the
goose flew in front of me. What could I have done wrong?
Thanks ever so much for any hints to reduce by confusion....
Steve P
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