Why is R so much louder than L in stereo files?

krank · Post by **krank** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:32 pm

Please fill me in on what is probably a very basic issue regarding the nature of stereo.

håkan bråkan · Post by **håkan bråkan** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:38 pm

haha, nice joke

sqook · Post by **sqook** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:53 pm

Maybe you should get your left ear examined..

Madame Leroc · Post by **Madame Leroc** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:32 am

Salut, ce pourrait être une déformation du port d'Omega. Avez-vous essayé de le fixer avec le paquet d'or de vagues ? Si ceci ne fonctionne pas peut-être vous avez besoin d'un ordinateur plus rapide ou d'un soundcard modulé d'une certaine sorte. Dans tous les cas, la vérification de vos oreilles et moniteurs a pu augmenter votre perfomance au moins par un facteur de dix.

Espérez que des aides

Mme L

krank · Post by **krank** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:38 am

Madame Leroc wrote:Salut, ce pourrait être une déformation du port d'Omega. Avez-vous essayé de le fixer avec le paquet d'or de vagues ? Si ceci ne fonctionne pas peut-être vous avez besoin d'un ordinateur plus rapide ou d'un soundcard modulé d'une certaine sorte. Dans tous les cas, la vérification de vos oreilles et moniteurs a pu augmenter votre perfomance au moins par un facteur de dix.

Espérez que des aides

Mme L

Well, thank you Madam, that explains a lot.

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:39 am

this is simple, I think: make an "R" sound, rrrrrrRrrrRRRRRRrrrr... as loud as you can. You can fairly roar it, it takes much less pressure. "L" on the other hand, being tucked back in the mouth... lllLLLLlLlLLLLlll ...well, no comparison.

hope this helps.

DeadlyKungFu · Post by **DeadlyKungFu** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:51 am

I dunno, when I say "stereo files" out loud I emphasise the word Stereo more than files, so the R sounds louder.

What's on the left side of your studio that always has you looking that way? A window?

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:56 am

I know what krank is talking about, somewhat. On my mixer(mackie 1202) the right channel is always showing up in the led's, slighty higher. Even if I put Utility with the mono preset on the master channel in Live it still does it.

Here is were the "somewhat" comes in. My ears are not telling me that the right channel is louder even though my mixer is telling me that it is.

krank · Post by **krank** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:06 am

suburbanbather wrote:I know what krank is talking about, somewhat. On my mixer(mackie 1202) the right channel is always showing up in the led's, slighty higher. Even if I put Utility with the mono preset on the master channel in Live it still does it.

Here is were the "somewhat" comes in. My ears are not telling me that the right channel is louder even though my mixer is telling me that it is.

Exactly - I'm talking about visuals. Almost all my projects when viewed as waveforms have higher peaks in the top window (that's the right channel, right?). Seems true with some commercial tracks as well.

I may be daft, but please have mercy on me.

DeadlyKungFu · Post by **DeadlyKungFu** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:13 am

try swapping left and right cables along your signal chain to see what could be boosting the signal.

I have no idea if I've ever seen/heard this...

Does the Left channel sound louder if you're south of the equator?

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:52 am

Yes, but only to the right-handed.