23 Apr
2003
23 Apr
'03
3:43 p.m.
Hi,
Can u please explain what do u mean by pan instead of balance?
Thanks for the reply.
Rajdeep
On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 20:13:15 +0000
"Rajdeep Pradhan" <pradsu(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Try to change balance in any of existing audio editors
Damn. When I say "balance" I mean "pan" :-)
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HI
sounding bees,
I use my laptop(linux) to record speech with stereo microphones.
The problem is on
playing sound back using "cat filename
/dev/dsp",
the output from left
speaker is much louder than the right
speaker. The sample file is recorded using "cat /dev/dsp>
filename".
I tried the gain settings in aumix, but the
problem persisted.
The mp3 songs sounds good with xine.
Any suggestions? 
24 Apr
24 Apr
5:27 a.m.
please explain what do u mean by pan instead of
balance?
Pan is a word used by recording studio geeks. Balance is a word used by hi-fi
geeks.
Pan is used to create a false stereo image. Balance is used when you are
sitting too close to one speaker. Of course, the true audiophile doesn't have
a balance control on their amplifier - instead, they have an armchair bolted
to the floor in the exact centre of the stereo image.
Cheers
Daniel
6:46 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 10:17:49AM +0100, Daniel James wrote:
I think the key difference is that pan is something you do to a single
mono signal, while balance is something you do to a stereo signal.
Specifically, Pan deals with the proportion of the mono signal fed to
left and right, while balance controls the difference in level between
left and right of an existing stereo signal.
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please explain
what do u mean by pan instead of balance?
Pan is a word used by recording studio geeks. Balance is a word used by hi-fi
geeks. 
7:24 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 11:48:36 +0100, Daniel James wrote:
Yes, the difference is that changing the balance will never reduce the
stereo seperation, whereas panning will:
Balance Pan
L ----G----> L L ----------G--> L
\ /
\ G
\/
/\
/ G
/ \
R ----G----> R R ----------G--> R
Where G is an amplifier.
BN, there are some audio production situations where you use balance, not
pan, eg in mastering, where you dont (necceserily) want to mix the two
channels, you just want to change the relative lelvels.
- Steve
I think the
key difference is that pan is something you do to a single
mono signal, while balance is something you do to a stereo signal.
It's true you don't have a balance control on a mono amplifier. But you can
pan a stereo track in Audacity...
8:28 a.m.
there are some audio production situations where you
use balance, not
pan, eg in mastering, where you dont (necceserily) want to mix the two
channels, you just want to change the relative lelvels.
So in that sense the track Pan control on stereo tracks in Audacity would more
properly be called Balance? I don't think it mixes the left and right
channels.
Cheers
Daniel
8:36 a.m.
New subject: [Audacity-devel] Re: [linux-audio-user] Laptop Stereo Recording Problem
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:18:51 +0100
Daniel James <daniel(a)mondodesigno.com> wrote:
It seems reasonable to me, because I would like to see
implementation of Pan drawing tool in Audacity, which would
be something different to that slider been meant in the discussion.
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there are some
audio production situations where you use
balance, not pan, eg in mastering, where you dont (necceserily)
want to mix the two channels, you just want to change the
relative lelvels.
So in that sense the track Pan control on stereo tracks in
Audacity would more properly be called Balance? I don't think it
mixes the left and right channels.
8:54 a.m.
New subject: [Audacity-devel] Re: [linux-audio-user] Laptop Stereo Recording Problem
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 01:18:51PM +0100, Daniel James wrote:
If it can do mono into stereo then that must be pan (input split into
more than one output). I can't remeber how audacity treats stereo files
though.
- Steve
there are some
audio production situations where you use balance, not
pan, eg in mastering, where you dont (necceserily) want to mix the two
channels, you just want to change the relative lelvels.
So in that sense the track Pan control on stereo tracks in Audacity would more
properly be called Balance? I don't think it mixes the left and right
channels.
25 Apr
25 Apr
4:47 a.m.
New subject: [Audacity-devel] Re: [linux-audio-user] Laptop Stereo Recording Problem
> So in that sense the track Pan control on stereo
tracks in Audacity would
> more properly be called Balance? I don't think it mixes the left and
> right channels.
I've tested this using a stereo track where the right channel had been wiped
using Split Stereo Track, Silence on the right channel, and then Make Stereo
Track.
The track 'Pan' control does not pan the left channel into the right channel,
so with the current behaviour it should really be labelled Balance when on
stereo tracks, and Pan when on mono tracks. Thanks to Steve for making this
clear...
I hope this also helps with the Russian translation! Pan means 'to turn', and
is also used in this sense by photographers. It is derived from the Greek
word panorama, meaning 'the wide view'. So when we use the pan control, it's
as if we are turning, or moving the the musician in the 'wide view' of
stereo.
If it can do mono into stereo then that must be pan
(input split into
more than one output).
We used to fake stereo using Duplicate on a mono track, then Make Stereo
Track, followed by realtive level adjustments and stereo effects - but if you
just need to pan the mono track, the track pan control now does that job.
Cheers
Daniel
24 Apr
24 Apr
7:25 a.m.
On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:32:51 +0000
"Rajdeep Pradhan" <pradsu(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Can u please explain what do u mean by pan instead of balance?
Thanks for the reply.
See, in my mother language (which is Russian) there is only one
word for both english words "pan" and 'balance" and it sounds very
similar to the english word "balance", because it is inherited from
English :-)
So I've just made a typical mistake :-)
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