"Keith G" wrote in message

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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I can recall playing a very warped bit of mono vinyl,
and if you did switch from stereo to mono you could hear
the changes in phase presumably. Are we saying then, that some mono
recordings are cut in
stereo and that the engineering is such that they can
get the balance badly wrong?

See below.

I suppose this could occur where stereo and mono tracks
are being cut on the same disc. However it gets even
worse as it was of course a regular practice in the bad
old days to 'synthesize the stero using echo, delays,
phase and tone changes.

That's not a vinyl recording Brian,

He never said it was. He said that it was a result that might be obtained by
that means.

Can you distinguish the difference between those two situations, Kitty?

It's purportedly a
live recording from one of the self-styled
*meister-yappers* here who considers himself a bit of a
'recordist' and good enough at it, apparently, to try and
put a true industry professional like Iain Churches in
his place - constantly aided and abetted by his trusty
pooch, of course!

Note the lame and childish attempt to turn a purported technical question
into yet another stage of Kitty's ongoing personal vendetta(s).

What I see is that, for a supposed 'stereo recording',
the tracks *appear* nearly identical throughout which
would suggest to me that either the mics are too far away
from the recording target

Since you've identified the source of the recording Kitty, let's talk about
the source of the recording, and the purpose that it served.

The recording was of a really pretty good high school chorus, made in a high
school auditorium, with the goal of coming as close as possible to the sound
heard by the adjudication panel that was presiding over the event.

or the target material is
completely homogenous, left to right - whatever, but the
channel imbalance can only be real *sloppiness* at some
point, whether it be down to poor mic placement, poor
level settings or some cock-up in post processing...??

The first problem with the analysis provided is that it is based on what was
inherently a snapshot of just a portion of the entire event.

Contrary to your apparent belief Kitty, music is not static, and the balance
and any similarity between the 2 channels are not constant but rather
varies. That means that at any point in time, the channels are likely to not
be in perfect balance.


Anyway, here's what it sounds like (completely
unadulterated by me):

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/HeejusDin.wav

Childish attempt to editorialize and prejudice listeners by means of a
taunting and insulting file name noted.

Terrible racket, ain't it?

Compared to some of your previous posts here Kitty, really not all that bad.

More to the point, it is what it is.

The thing you want to compare the recording to is not available to you,
Kitty. What you need to hear to make a reasonable comparison to is the sound
heard by the adjudication panel that was presiding over the event.

Do you know where the adjudication panel were seated, Kitty?

Do tell.

God only knows where the
nasty, *tinny* sound comes from - ****e mics, ****e mic
choices or recorded over the *phone* possibly?

The mic was a Rode NT-4.

http://www.rodemic.com/microphone.php?product=NT4 .

The sound quality came from the same basic place that many of the sonic
miscegenations that you have posted links to here have come from, Kitty.
The source.