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Re: Blumlein shufflers?

Subject: Re: Blumlein shufflers?
From: "jtudor2005" jtudor2005
Date: Sun Oct 10, 2010 1:01 pm ((PDT))

--- In  "simmosonics" <> wrote:
>
> --- In  "jtudor2005" <john@> wrote:
> > @Greg - Can you explain this a little more ;-)). Why do you do (need to do) 
> > this??
> > 
> > Are you aligning them positionally?
> 
> Yes, in the stereo image. If you listen carefully to most recordings made 
> with a coincident pair you will find that the low frequencies tend to move 
> towards the centre, leaving the mids and highs to provide localisation cues. 
> So on something like a cello or a tabla, which both have low frequency 
> content but mid and high articulation, a casual listen will place them 
> correctly in the stereo field. A more careful listen, however, will reveal 
> that the lower harmonics are not aligned with the upper harmonics.
> 
> So, I use shuffling to correct that. If done correctly on a musical 
> application (with distinct instruments in distinct locations) you can create 
> a recording that sounds as if each instrument was close-miked and panned.
>

I may be missing something blatantly obvious here, but. In our, direct to 
stereo style of recording, how are you re-positioning a low frequency that is 
mixed amongst everything else?








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