Phil Leigh;258016 Wrote: > Please don't misunderstand me - I know how to simulate "depth" through > phase/eq manipulation in the studio...but it is just a simulation or > psycho-acoustic trick, it's not real. If fact, stereo itself is an auditory illusion, whether it's recorded by microphones or created in a DSP chip. The reality of reproduction is that there are two discrete speakers. The "soundstage" is an illusion created in the brain, which is fooled into hearing "phantom" sounds from directions other than the speaker locations. This is akin to color television, which fools the brain by giving the impression one is seeing a whole spectrum of colors, when in fact the TV screen only has three discrete phosphors: red, green and blue.
BTW, Suzanne Ciani used a midi-controlled spatial DSP system made by Roland for her recording. It was done in 1991, so I'm sure it is primative by today's standard, but it is did produce quite convincing phantom sounds, not just between the speakers but above, below and well past the sides of the stereo speaker array. -- Timothy Stockman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy Stockman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8867 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42115 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
