>>>>> "J" == JQ Adams writes: J> My question pertains to play back to a three speaker setup (left, J> center, right)...would it be most correct to send the 'mid' J> signal directly to a center speaker and the 'side' signal to J> speakers left and right, phase inverted from each other?
It won't project to a listener anything like the same sound-field your recording was done in, but can nevertheless be effective for some kinds of playback, esp. in combination with the more standard ways. Ive experimented a bit with MS and DMS (double-MS) speaker-setups, setting up four speakers [Front, L (Sides), R (Sides inverted), Back] stacked directly on top of each other. Using standard MS-processing, effects like moving-sound, rotating speakers (virtual Leslie), panning, etc. come out nice, and use the room you're in very effective. Its possible also to project quite stable, albeit very artificial, 2d sound-fields from eg. DMS-recordings also with the stacks, but nothing close to the real thing. Cheers, -anders _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound