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-up117arrow-down1·2 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
minus-squareminticecream@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Joe Biden calls Zelensky "Putin" right before huge press conferencelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down33·4 months agoYes, but are you running for president? 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.