--- In "Steve Pelikan" <>
wrote:
>
> 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
>
The recording has slightly more anti-phase information in it than in
phase. Is it possible that you have a wire crossed in your recording
setup?
-Richard
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