Trivial, but cool

[jon@opcode.com (Jon Drukman)]

Trivial, but cool

vickie has just discovered the magic of phase cancellation, a technique
suggested on the back of brian eno's landmark "ambient 4: on land" album as
a way of increasing the "spaciousness" of a recording without any magic
encoding processes.

basically, you take the common information from a stereo recording and throw
it away, leaving the stuff "on the edges".  usually in pop music the stuff
in the center is the lead vocals and bass content.  so, bingo, instant kate
instrumentals.

that's also how those "vocal remover" boxes work.  i bet if vickie got one
of those and listened to kate through it, it would sound the same as her
"broken headphones".

here endeth the lesson.
/jon