ChrisL Posted August 29, 2017 Share #1 Posted August 29, 2017 I listen to various music mixes on my phone with one ear bud in in my cube. That way I can rock out but still hear my phone or people talking to me. Current tunes sound just fine on one ear bud. But music from the 60's and early 70's seem to be mixed so some tracks come in one side, others the other side. So I'm jamming the Stones Can't you hear me knocking and I couldn't hear vocals??? I switched earbuds and now I have vocals but no guitar or drums? Weird.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #2 Posted August 29, 2017 I get that alot when listening to Pandora on my PC at the office. Very distinct separation of music from left speaker and right speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted August 29, 2017 Share #3 Posted August 29, 2017 Music has always been this way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted August 29, 2017 Share #4 Posted August 29, 2017 One of my favorites is the original "Sound of Silence" from the Wednesday Morning, 3AM album. Garfunkel's melody is isolated on one track and Simon's harmony is on the other. The remixed version from The Sounds Of Silence (the one with the drums that you hear on the radio) isn't done this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted August 29, 2017 Share #5 Posted August 29, 2017 I agree w/ you. I've noticed more older songs definitely have greater separation (or stereo) than modern stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 29, 2017 Share #6 Posted August 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Square Wheels said: Music has always been this way. Not when Bach was playing. Just ask Maxi - he remembers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 30, 2017 Share #7 Posted August 30, 2017 When stereo was invented everyone tried to make the most of it. After a period of time it was no big deal. I'm old, I still enjoy music with a lot of separation as if you are sitting where the drummer sits during the song, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 30, 2017 Share #8 Posted August 30, 2017 14 hours ago, Kzoo said: Not when Bach was playing. Just ask Maxi - he remembers. I had fugueotten about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted August 30, 2017 Share #9 Posted August 30, 2017 Back in the olden days, they didn't have stereo so everything came in as mono and all the instruments had the same level in all the speakers. When stereo came along, producers realized that they could put one instrument on one track and another instrument in another to change the sound or highlight an instrument. In instrumental part of the the song "Radar Love", the good guitarist plays in one ear and the crappy guitarist plays in the other. Like anything new, stereo in the 60's, synthesizers and drum machines in the 80's, auto-tune and the millennial whoop now, they went overboard with it. Producers still separate the tracks but they try to keep it within a 60% on one side and 40% on the other range. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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