Leviathan I
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Hi Guys,
I don't know if this is something that's been happening or something I just recently noticed because of a project I've been working on.
I noticed it when I was reamping guitars for a song and I noticed the Guitar sounded different in the Left channel than in the Right.
So long story short, I've done every single trouble shooting task I could possibly think of and now i'm just completely confused.
In a blank new protools session, I took a small guitar sample and copied it onto two tracks and panned them up the center. I flipped the phase on one and they cancelled out to silence (just to prove they're exactly the same.)
But then when I pan one hard Left and the other hard Right, they end up sounding tonally different. Left sound dull/bassy, right sound louder/brighter. It doesn't matter what sample of audio I use it still makes the same result, even a white noise signal. I've opened up garage band and tried the same thing, and the same result occurs. And If I bounce down the Left and Right to a stereo file and put it on my phone, still the same result, so its baking this problem into the file itself. No matter what the output source is, monitors, headphones, headphones directly into iMac etc same result. I know it's not my hearing because if I flip the headphones its the same result just backwards. And my wife can hear it too. Its subtle, but noticeable.
Attached is the audio file mentioned, one guitar sample pasted left and right.
Left and Right Panning Issue by Sixstringmayhem13 | Free Listening on SoundCloud
I've been using this iMac for audio for 3-4 years and not sure if I just never noticed it or if this just recently started
Really hoping someone might have an idea of what this might be.
Thanks!
I don't know if this is something that's been happening or something I just recently noticed because of a project I've been working on.
I noticed it when I was reamping guitars for a song and I noticed the Guitar sounded different in the Left channel than in the Right.
So long story short, I've done every single trouble shooting task I could possibly think of and now i'm just completely confused.
In a blank new protools session, I took a small guitar sample and copied it onto two tracks and panned them up the center. I flipped the phase on one and they cancelled out to silence (just to prove they're exactly the same.)
But then when I pan one hard Left and the other hard Right, they end up sounding tonally different. Left sound dull/bassy, right sound louder/brighter. It doesn't matter what sample of audio I use it still makes the same result, even a white noise signal. I've opened up garage band and tried the same thing, and the same result occurs. And If I bounce down the Left and Right to a stereo file and put it on my phone, still the same result, so its baking this problem into the file itself. No matter what the output source is, monitors, headphones, headphones directly into iMac etc same result. I know it's not my hearing because if I flip the headphones its the same result just backwards. And my wife can hear it too. Its subtle, but noticeable.
Attached is the audio file mentioned, one guitar sample pasted left and right.
Left and Right Panning Issue by Sixstringmayhem13 | Free Listening on SoundCloud
I've been using this iMac for audio for 3-4 years and not sure if I just never noticed it or if this just recently started
Really hoping someone might have an idea of what this might be.
Thanks!
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