[iTunes] aac & ripping mono tracks

[Brooks Graham]

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AFAIK, a Redbook audio CD always has two channels, Left and Right.  On 
"modern" stereo recordings, the two channels are different and on 
"mono" recordings they are exactly the same - but there's still two of 
them.

If the recording is labeled "mono" then you can set iTunes to rip in 
mono.  Unfortunately, some record labels add a "stereo effect" to older 
mono recordings (by creating phase differences between the channels at 
some frequencies) - a practice I equate to colorizing old movies.  Yuk. 
  Bad corporation!  No biscuit!

Anyhoo, I encode the "fake stereo" material as mono.  It saves space 
and it's less annoying.  Fake stereo gives me headaches after a while.

Hope that helps.

- -brooks


On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 02:05  PM, Tony Wilson wrote:

> I set my prefs to auto rip in stereo/mono, but the cds that are 
> labeled as mono recordings still rip in stereo. Is this because of 
> faked stereo applied in the production of the cd or just iTunes 
> falling down. Will I have to change the setting manually everytime. 
> And does anyone know the year stereo began and could I safely rip 
> every track from before that year in mono even if the imitation stereo 
> was used.
>
> Thanks;
> Tony
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Brooks Graham
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