On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 03:41, Anne Wilson wrote: <snipper> > Certainly, with the majority of my cds the sound does just seem to be > distributed, but as I said, there are a couple where there is a > distinct centre channel. In one case it's a male voice, and in > another a female one, so it's not just frequency. I don't know if > there's really something different in the way those two are encoded, > all I know is the effect is startlingly different from the rest. > > Anne > Its called "centre channel encoding" and is done at the studio for just such an effect for ppl with 4.1 & up systems. *off topic..is this wrapping correctly i wonder?*...hm.. n/m
SOrry ADD kicked in.. lol anyway you can force that with certain plugins for some software music players ... don't know if XMMS has that ability but I believe it does. Its basically a way to separate certain sounds for hte human ear thus creating (for a human) pleasant ambience & subtle audio cues. Kinda like multi-layered classical music with strings in one area & subtle fluting going on elsewhere that if you listen closely you can hear perfectly ... HTH > -- > Femme > On MDK 9.1, more or less 24/7...cept for gaming. Finally. :D
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