Elsewhere someone posted about how easy it was to record in true stereo and get interesting recordings, but the problem they had was that when summed to mono, the recording sounded lousy. He wanted advice on how to adjust the mix so that it still souded full in mono (because he was told that one should always do this), but didn't sacrafice the unique stereo sound. Basically, it wasn't possible.
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So who cares? -In the US at least, there are no mono music players considered high-quality commonly available anymore; the only possible candidates might be professional-level "pressman"-type recorders, but most people don't own them. The cheapest car radio that Wal-Mart sells is stereo. The only monophonic players left are portable multiband radios and bedside alarm clocks, and nobody expects to get great sound out of them anyway. And of the few people I've done cheep/free home music recording for, none ever asked how their recordings sounded in mono, the thought didn't cross my mind and I doubt they'd have cared had I brought the subject up.
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The poll is this: should you sacrafice a great stereo sound just because it doesn't play well in mono?
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So who cares? -In the US at least, there are no mono music players considered high-quality commonly available anymore; the only possible candidates might be professional-level "pressman"-type recorders, but most people don't own them. The cheapest car radio that Wal-Mart sells is stereo. The only monophonic players left are portable multiband radios and bedside alarm clocks, and nobody expects to get great sound out of them anyway. And of the few people I've done cheep/free home music recording for, none ever asked how their recordings sounded in mono, the thought didn't cross my mind and I doubt they'd have cared had I brought the subject up.
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The poll is this: should you sacrafice a great stereo sound just because it doesn't play well in mono?