--On 13 March 2014 22:48 -0400 Schumacher Marlon <marlon.schumac...@music.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> I read about the stereo-widening effect when listened to undecoded That depends how you perceive it. There can be some effect of reproduction outside the speakers (as some other techniques like Blumlein can also produce); but actually, the images of frontal sources may be spread less widely than with some stereo techniques - this is intuitive also, considering that signals right out to the sides are being compressed within the speakers. In fact, I have used UHJ specifically as the easiest way to get a stereo mix from musicians completely surrounding the listener. Because the reverberation from all round the listener is treated equally, and also moved to the front, the stereo reproduction can be more reverberant than some people like in a stereo image - this is a common criticism of Nimbus recordings by reviewers. The same can happen with Blumlein - but in this case the microphone can be moved to reduce the effect, whereas in a recording which may also be played correctly through a decoder it would not be appropriate. Paul -- Paul Hodges _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
