That's achieving exactly the same sort of decorrelation I was talking about - you can do it with very sparing use of artificial reverb (stereo, panned) as well
Dr Peter Lennox School of Technology University of Derby, UK tel: 01332 593155 e: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eero Aro Sent: 18 April 2012 13:04 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Sursound] audio point / audio plenum Hi I am not sure if this is at all related to the same subject that you are discussing, but someone sometimes taught me how to reduce the spotness of a single mono source when panned into the surround soundfield. This is a problem when you do a surround mix from mono tracks, the space avalibale is much larger than the 60 degrees of two channel stereo. In stereo the problem is the opposite, how to make different sound sources and instruments sit into the audio image so that they don't cover each other. With surround you notice that you have empty gaps between separate mono sounds. Arrange a playback through the studio. Play the track into a speaker, record it with two microphones, preferably with an OSS plate in between or use a dummy head. Aim the loudspeaker towards a reflective surface, a wall or similar. Aim the stereo pair also towards the wall, so that the pair hears reflected sound differently to each channel. In the mix, pan the microphones on both sides of the mono source by ear, say 5...10 degrees on either side. This is to smear the sharpness of the mono sound. The paths from the speaker to the microphones must be quite short in order to achieve only a millisecond or two delays. I don't remember who taught me this, if the person is on the list, please raise your voice and take the credit. And correct me if I am wrong. However, the trick works. Eero _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound _____________________________________________________________________ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to [email protected]. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
