Re: No audio in MONO but just fine in Stereo - WFXT Ch 25

["Brian Vita" <brian_vita@cssinc.com>]

I'm not an expert on broadcast audio but in cinema this would occur if the
two channels (Lt & Rt) were played back and mixed out of phase.

Brian Vita, President
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Faneuf" <tklaundry@juno.com>
To: <n1qgs@yahoo.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: No audio in MONO but just fine in Stereo - WFXT Ch 25


>
>
> On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:49:22 -0800 (PST) John Bolduc <n1qgs@yahoo.com>
> writes:
> > While wathcing Channel 25 Boston around 1-2 am Sunday morning, I
> > noticed
> > that in mono mode on my Sony TV all I was heard was the background
> > music
> > and scene effects (such as foot steps). I had to turn the volume way
> > up to
> > hear any spoken words. When I flipped to stereo or SAP modes the
> > audio was
> > fine. I believe the program was Relic Hunter, or maybe it was Lost
> > World,
> > I forget.
> > Sounds like the mixing of left and right channels cancelled much of
> > each
> > other out in the mono mode.
> >
> > John
> > N1QGS
> > East Derry
>
> I've had this problem when I've taped a show on VCR.  Sometimes,
> fortunately not very often, when there is a scene that involves a low
> frequency noise, like the engine rumble on a starship (okay, so I like
> scifi) the low frequency noise completely blocks out the dialogue of the
> show.
> df
>