[LAD] Attenuation of sounds in 3D space

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 11:05 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:02:19 am Ralf Mardorf did opine:
> [...]
> > When I'm in the cinema I sometimes notice unbearable phasing, while a
> > sound is panned from one 2D position to the other, this isn't a Doppler
> > effect, but an issue regarding to transit time or something else. IMO
> > out of phase vs detune.
> 
> This I expect, would be an artifact of the usual pan pot, precisely because 
> that pan pot doesn't also put in the phase shifts one normally hears in the 
> real world.  For that reason alone, I detest the use of the pan pot on a 
> dynamic basis as an audio editing tool.  It simply doesn't do it all, 
> whereas the moving source does.
> 

One of the best mixed recordings I know is THE CRY OF LOVE (J. Hendrix),
but unfortunately they did some very annoying pannings (for stereo
only).