Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:
  Hey folks,
 I'm not an audio engineer and i don't even play one on TV. I am a music
 lover/audiophile who wants to learn about engineering so bear with me here.
 I understand that when you hear something in the center of your sound stage
 it's because the sound is equally loud in both channels and in phase.
 If you hear it spread evenly across the sound stage or even "everywhere in
 front of you" the sound is equal in both channels and out of phase.
 I heard a recording the other day where a singer was equally loud in both
 channels, but she was not center stage. Instead there was one of her in each
 channel.
 How is that done? Thank you. 
Probably double-tracking. The same thing recorded twice and panned
extreme left and right in this case.
cheers,
tim
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