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-down1·6 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.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.world•Aha!linkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-down1·8 months agoTake meeeeeeee ouuuuuuuuuuuttt linkfedilink
minus-squareminticecream@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Selective Outragelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-28 months agoI’ve seen this rotating around social media today. Does anyone have a more direct source by chance? 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.