Lets talk Stereo recording

[rob aylestone]

While Stereoscopes show what the audio is doing - I don't thiink it can tell one if the mix is right - I had stuff where the stereoscope looks whacky and yet the music sounds great - that seems more a video thing looking at audio?

I agree - it won't tell you if a mix is right (or wrong) but it certainly tells you there are timing and location errors, that maybe you hear as pleasant? Maybe studios that have well controlled acoustics produce better controlled errors?

 

[Maya Clars]

This is just stream of conscious meanderings...

Record a mono track of guitar - clone it to another track - than EQ the second track put a small 3 ms time delay on and pan the two tracks hard left and hard right -
Is it stereo?

You record an Acoustic guitar witha SDC and LDC pointed at different places -place each on it's own track - is it a stereo recording or is it dual mono?

You record the same Acoustic guitar in a Mid Side configuration - going to one stereo track - what do you end up with?

You have reverb patched to a mono track - it goes to a bus- the Reverb is mono in - stereo out - is the reverb true stereo or dual mono?

I of course have my own ideas but am curious what the HomeRecording Cognoscenti say....

Interesting question! If there's a sound that goes from one source - this is mono, but we have 2 ears so everything we hear around us will be in stereo, as we hear the source of sound and the reflection of the sound. But answering the questions

1. Record a mono track of guitar and clone it to another one with some adjustments - If you copy the same recording, even with such adjustments as you offered, it will probably cause phase issues and you will hear some information canceled in mono.
2. You record with SDC and LDC pointed at different places - mono if you don't pan them, and if you do it's stereo (you just didn't mention about panning).
3. Guitar recorded in a m/s conf. - stereo
4. Reverb patched on mono track - do you mean "you create a mono track and it goes to a bus that is also in mono conf. with reverb"? You'll get mono signal in the end if the reverb bus is in mono. If you meant "mono track -> stereo bus reverb", you'll get stereo at the end (mono signal in the centre and reverb info that goes to the sides as well).