Not a "new thread", a "new" forum title, period! Hell, an entire book, a series of books, a televison series, a 3 picture movie deal!!!!
We are talking, here, of room accoustics, but the rail car full of worms, ready for opening, that would be "pseudo-stereo"(To put it kindly), that is most recordings for the last 40+ years, would be a wonderful topic for discussion all on it's own!
Indeed, the column heading might be:
"What Stereo?"
Putting lead guitar "left" and rhythm guitar "right" is not stereo - it is two mono tracks left and right.
What I have coveted, ever since I've seen them(Quality? I don't know, it's the portability and ease of use that I want.) is the Rode stereo mic(The one with the cool looking head) and a digital portable recorder, so I could go around and "record things", ANY things, just as they are. Sound, music, whatever. I am drawn to the combo(Or similar) as I think my brain is tired of mixing, or re-mixxing, or hearing others M or RM, as we try to "duplicate" something that was never really there. In reality, the guitar players each can come in seperately, stand in the same position, be recorded, then "placed" on a "sound stage". How bogus is that???
The first record I ever bought was "The Beach Boys -- Oh my God... NO that wasn't the name of the album, I just can't remember! Something about surfing, I believe??? Or girls??? Or girls surfing??? Anyway, on the back of the jacket was a picture of the 4 boys singing into ONE mic(I believe a Neuman?) all at one time. Did they really do that? All at once? HORRORS!!! Had to have been a "staged" photo. NO ONE could really do that!!! How would the engineer and producer "mix" them??? How could you put the fella's in different places on the sound stage? Had to be fake. Truth to tell, to hear what "the pros" DO do under such circumstances, all you have to do is buy a Beach Boys CD(Greatest Hits Volume 1) and hear! Then cry.
For instance. I have been looking to purchase a "test CD", to audition my new speakers. A CD that is "properly" made, using the latest methods - completely digital at least, to say nothing of 'real' stereo, of ANY type(Rock, country, classical, whatever.). I ask for suggestions, say on the forums, and I get answers like "Dark Side Of The Moon" or some such. I'm not sure anyone is listening? I'm not looking for the music, I'm looking(Listening) for the recording, itself - you know, like what WE do! To hear how far the science has progressed, not to listen for the latest "loudness tricks" or a particuarly fine guitar riff. I suggest we start there. Coming up with a list of real recording, done right. Some examples. Good talent? OK, but, good room, good use of room, good recording technique, good mastering, good pressing, so I can play it in my room and listen to it in my phones and hear 'good'. And, as I improve my room the good should get even gooder. Nothing like a good example to get one off on the right ear.
Enough. Sorry.
TG
Maybe: "Where stereo"(The Mel Brooks version.)
OH! "Surfin' Safari" - I'm tired and old, too...