Lets talk Stereo recording

[Steenamaroo]

Oh, I see. Sorry, misunderstood.

"That's not without it's problems as, then, you lose the natural left/right bleed that the pianist would have heard."
Although I'm just realising this isn't as much of an issue because the microphones picked that up already.

Then yeah, I guess recording at ear position and playing back on headphones should be pretty convincing.

 

[TalismanRich]

Oh, I see. Sorry, misunderstood.

"That's not without it's problems as, then, you lose the natural left/right bleed that the pianist would have heard."
Although I'm just realising this isn't as much of an issue because the microphones picked that up already.

Then yeah, I guess recording at ear position and playing back on headphones should be pretty convincing.

Don't forget to put the mannequin head between the mics to get your true binaural recordings!

 

[Papanate]

Doesn't really make much difference.
There stereo image is still totally different to what you'd hear from speakers.

If the stereo image is what we hear - which I agree with - that gets the point I'm making - is tracking in stereo a thing - or a result of the speakers? I know you can record stereo - but then you hear the playback and that's stereo - but if you record two mono signals to tracks - using the piano as an example - then is it stereo? The Playback would say it is because you are hearing the sound spread across the field between the two speakers - right?

 

[Steenamaroo]

In my view, yes. You're using two separate channels to record different left/right information so yes, stereo.

 

[Papanate]

In my view, yes. You're using two separate channels to record different left/right information so yes, stereo.

So then anything is streeo so long as it has two sources being recorded.

 

[Steenamaroo]

Not really what I said. What's the point of this?
Feels like it's heading towards a pointless gotcha.

I mean, if you capture with some kind of left+right setup, and playback with some kind of left + right setup then it's stereo?

The word pretty much always needs qualification anyway.
A stereo effect, a realistic stereo capture, a stereo mix? They're all different things.
The common point is that left and right are not the same.