[LAU] looking for command-line/scriptable mastering software

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 15:01 -0500, Al Thompson wrote:
> Yes, FM receivers switch to mono when reception is problematic, but
> also, because of the L-R, L+R FM stereo derivation, out of phase
> content causes problems.  I don't remember the details because a) it
> was 40 years ago when I studied that, and; b) the majority of music
> doesn't have considerable out of phase content, so it's not something
> I've been overly concerned with.

Mono compatibility is always important. First off all there is still
much "phase content" and beside that other things are important, e.g.
the sentiment we've got of a ping-pong delay could become completely
different from hard left-right to mono.