[gmpi] Mono vs. dual mono [OT]

> > Because you either end up with something that sounds very odd in stereo
> (l=in, r=in) or is mono incompatible (l=in, r=-in).

 Why would L=in, R=in sound very odd? Surely that's just a mono sound played
 in stereo, thus appearing to remain mono. Or am I missing something?


[OT] Beacuse you have two perfectly phase-coherant singals coming from two
(basicly) identical sources, you will get wierd comb-like effects if you
move your head left and right. Try it.

I don't understand. If the left and right are perfectly phase-coherent, then the signal -is- mono. (You can prove this by inverting a phase-coherent mono copy and mixing it against the dual mono version and watching all the audio go away.) In a stereo speaker space, a dual-mono signal panned hard L/R is not any worse from an L/R acoustic interaction artifacts POV than the equivalent single-mono signal panned to center & level-matched, since it is not electrically different at the speaker terminals. So you must mean something else...?

-- Chris

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