OK, made me look.mediatechnology wrote:
I found (by accident) that simply steering the warp from Side to Mid made a big difference in listenability.
You gonna explain to us mere mortals what dis magic trick is?
I stumbled into the magic trick here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=622&start=18
A simpler example is the LR+/-S Width Control with a LPF in Side: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=731
In the second post is a simple passive EE filter.
The same process that steers Bass-to-mono as a mastering EE also steers warp to mono on playback.
The warp information is still there but, particularly on 'phones, having warp in side is uneasy-sounding.
Warp steered to mono seems to benefit from masking.
In the MS domain it is possible to HPF Side with high-order and a relatively high cutoff to aggressively filter warp without being too intrusive.
Eric, one of our members, suggested this approach and may be using it. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=112&p=5684
I haven't tried it but I need to.