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Ofecks posted:Okay, so having listenened to this album several times now, I have regretfully discovered that I hate the mix job. The rhythm guitar is hard-panned left, and the lead is hard-panned right. One in each ear, since I only listen with headphones. Why would they choose to do it this way? I love everything else about the songs, but the mix loving ruined it. I'm surprised I didn't catch this when I listened to the singles on Bandcamp, or my first listen of the album proper. Maybe it would sound better in a bluetooth speaker or something. Like, I know this sort of thing is pretty common in all kinds of rock music, to simulate a "live" feel of the band members on a stage or whatever, but this album takes it to an extreme, as if the amps are 100 ft or more away from each other. I've been to a few shows and live music does not sound like that. At least the bass, drums, and vocals are dead-center. It's just woefully disconnecting and my brain has trouble parsing it all out. I learned recently that I'm on the Autism Spectrum, maybe that's part of it. Kind of a weird question: Like 15 years ago, I suddenly lost the hearing completely in one ear (acoustic neuroma tumor). One thing I really miss is stereo sound. I use mono audio to at least hear both channels with one ear. So my question, what does mono sound like in headphones with 2 good ears? Is it somehow flatter or just less satisfying overall?
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Ofecks posted:I finally sat down to do this. Installed Audacity, and mechanically, the process was easy. It's been a long time since I've used this app, and the last time I did, I had to download extra plug-ins for format support. No more of that, looks like everything is built-in now. It went something like this: Hey, thanks for taking the effort for my dumb question! If you feel like it, look for ‘ease of access’ in Windows. I think there’s an option to enable mono audio under ‘hearing’
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Ofecks posted:Woa, so there is! Thank you! This is certainly a lot easier than the Audacity process. Unfortunately, much like the former, this way also noticeably impacts the fidelity in a negative way. It sounds identical to the "squished" version of the album I made. I guess that's just the way it is. That’s disappointing, but thanks for running the experiment. I guess one sided deafness is a rareish edge case for headphone usage? I would think there’s a lot of people who’d like to have stereo sound using only one earbud though.
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