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Default My rules for digital audio

Karl Uppiano wrote:
Are you saying that
everyone has got it wrong for lo these many years?


Not necessarily. However, most stereo-to-mono conversion involve simply
decreasing the amplitude level by 50% and then downmixing to mono. The
problem with this, is that the stuff that was identical in both
channels is much louder than the stuff that was different in each
channel.