minus-squareminticecream@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Who ever thought it sounded good this way? I think it's because headphones weren't widely used back then.linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down1·4 months agoTurns out early audio consoles with stereo didn’t have a pan knob. They had a pan switch. So choices were limited to left, right, or center (mono). Wasn’t til later that the pan pot was invented allowing incremental panning and true stereo mixing. linkfedilink
Turns out early audio consoles with stereo didn’t have a pan knob. They had a pan switch. So choices were limited to left, right, or center (mono).
Wasn’t til later that the pan pot was invented allowing incremental panning and true stereo mixing.