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This is really been a thorn in my side for several years. Finally found an example that illustrates the issue. Please watch and listen to this youtube video of Schnittke's Sonata for Cello and Piano.
Here is the issue. The piano is clearly positioned on the right half of the stage. Easily seen/heard on the right half of the soundstage. Then, at exactly minute 1:52, there is a key strike on the piano that clearly audible on the far LEFT channel (audibly). It is as if the piano key strike is out of phase somehow. I listened to this on both my computer and my audio system. That one single key strike / note is played on the far left channel.
Why is this? Is it a phasing issue? Nothing else changed in the soundstage. On many many piano recordings, this same type of issue appears and I would like an explanation, if you have one, please.
Thanks in advance, Pat.
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Have you listened over headphones? You can hear that the piano is not panned hard-right. That note at 1:52 still emanates from somewhere between center and right, but there is a sort of echo a little towards the left. I wonder if it's some sort of reflection or resonance in the recording site at that particular frequency??I haven't noticed anything routinely odd about piano notes seeming to spring from a horizontal location where I wouldn't expect them in decent piano recordings.
Edits: 10/06/16 10/06/16
I can't explain the problem you are hearing in general, except that most agree the piano is notoriously difficult to record. But here, there seems to be a defect in the recording or the download at 1:52.
Also, remember that a piano is about 5 feet wide and as much as 9 feet long, and is not producing sound from a point source if the microphones are close.
Nice video performance btw, thanks for posting.
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