Alright, It's silly question time...
How are sound engineers able to take different sounds (voices/instruments) coming from the L/R channels and place them in various spots across the soundstage? I guess this is called "imaging" but they might as well call it magic to me.
A specific example: I decided to stroll down memory lane and bought the new John Fogerty CD "The Long Road Home" which is basically a best of Creedence collection. So I'm sitting there listening to John sing the daylights out of the first track "Born on the Bayou" when I noticed something interesting. At about the 2 minute and 38 second mark of the song someone starts beating on a cowbell with a drum stick coming directly from the left speaker. About a minute later that cowbell starts to move slowly and methodically from left to right across the wall until it stops in the center. About a half a minute later it continues on across the wall until it stops in the right speaker where it stays for the rest of the song. Now that's magic!
OK, so I've got too much time on my hands...
I'm sure there are other songs out there that the music flip-flops back and forth between the L/R channels , but this struck me as being very distinctive with how it moved.
Anyway it kinda fascinated me so I became curious about the way they accomplished it. Hopefully the answer will be a little more exciting than someone simply walked from the left microphone to the right mic in the studio during the recording process.
Any comments about my speakers being haunted or how much alcohol I might have consumed prior to this phenomenom taking place will not be received politely. :
How are sound engineers able to take different sounds (voices/instruments) coming from the L/R channels and place them in various spots across the soundstage? I guess this is called "imaging" but they might as well call it magic to me.
A specific example: I decided to stroll down memory lane and bought the new John Fogerty CD "The Long Road Home" which is basically a best of Creedence collection. So I'm sitting there listening to John sing the daylights out of the first track "Born on the Bayou" when I noticed something interesting. At about the 2 minute and 38 second mark of the song someone starts beating on a cowbell with a drum stick coming directly from the left speaker. About a minute later that cowbell starts to move slowly and methodically from left to right across the wall until it stops in the center. About a half a minute later it continues on across the wall until it stops in the right speaker where it stays for the rest of the song. Now that's magic!
OK, so I've got too much time on my hands...
I'm sure there are other songs out there that the music flip-flops back and forth between the L/R channels , but this struck me as being very distinctive with how it moved.
Anyway it kinda fascinated me so I became curious about the way they accomplished it. Hopefully the answer will be a little more exciting than someone simply walked from the left microphone to the right mic in the studio during the recording process.
Any comments about my speakers being haunted or how much alcohol I might have consumed prior to this phenomenom taking place will not be received politely. :
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