Stereo

This isn’t a stereo connector.

There’s a reason we teach mid-side recording, and it isn’t because it sounds good, although that’s one of the reasons we like to use it.

When everything is stereo, nothing is stereo.

Sometimes stereo is like an added byproduct of what you get when you use multiple microphones.

As soon as you send a signal anywhere, your stereo output, your headphones, you’re using a bus.

When you place reverb on a channel, does it sound different than when you put it on a bus?

You have what’s known as an echo threshold.

If you go to school to be an audio engineer, one of the things they’re going to talk to you about is mid-side.

This cable goes one way.

Before we begin to discuss delay, echo, and reverb, let’s take a second to talk about the Haas effect.

Let’s talk three to one rule, because first of all, not a rule, more of a back of the napkin guideline.

Stereosaurus, monoreverb.

Right ring, red. How do we get signal from here to here? These are both TRS cables. This one is carrying a stereo signal. Tip, ring, sleeve. And if it…

When we talk about stereo, there is no center.

Time and time again, I see students run into trouble because of assumptions they make around the word "stereo." I’m not trying to take you down a notch by making you feel like you don’t understand something that you thought you did, but signal flow legitimately trips a lot of people up, so I want to challenge you by thinking about this example.

Stereo is a dangerous word because most of you started producing music assuming you knew what it meant and most of you didn’t.

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