Stereo Field Reversed

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I've got a dedicated computer running GigaStudio and the output of this computer is sent to my Aardvark Q10 via a SPDIF connection.

When my Bosendorfer piano library is loaded in Giga Studio I've noticed that the stereo field is reversed, that is, the lower end of the piano is stronger in the right channel and the higher end is stronger in the left channel.

I can see this quite plainly when looking at the channel meters coming into the Aardvark so I know it's happening before it gets to the Aardvark.

Any ideas? Is it possible using a shitty RCA cable to handle the SPDIF signal could be causing this? Any Giga Studio wizards out there?

Thanks.
 
Not sure why it's like that but can't you just reverse the pan on the signal as it comes into the recording computer?
 
Yeah, but I want to know what sort of bufoonery caused this in the first place. It's usually something I did.
 
Turns out the library was put together this way intentionally.

The producer had to decide whether to use player perspective (bass left, treble right) or audience perspective (bass right, treble left). He chose audience perspective.
 
lol, I was thinking that may be the case. It must be awkward to play like that.
 
Phyl said:
Turns out the library was put together this way intentionally.

The producer had to decide whether to use player perspective (bass left, treble right) or audience perspective (bass right, treble left). He chose audience perspective.
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Except that audience perspective is not bass right, treble left.

From a listeners position sitting in an auditorium that kind of panning doesn't exist, the treble and bass arrive pretty much at the same time and from the same perceived locality.

Must sound rather odd to hear a piano panned bass right treble left.
 
The audience perspective would vary according to the position of the piano relative to them, the dimensions of the listening space, and the proximity of the listener.

In any event I mispoke when I called it audience perspective, it's called stage perspective, and is apparently pretty common in piano libarires.

I still don't understand the issue completely but plan to email Michael Post at postpiano.com to get his ...um... perspective.
 
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