monophonia
so my boss’ band just got their mastered CD back. the mastered CD was mono. they emailed the mixing guy saying “hey, i think you gave us the wrong version”, here’s the reply, copy pasted:
“No. It’s mixed mono. All tracked straight up. It comes out both speakers. Most of the records I record are this way. Mono just means we did not pan any instruments in the stereo L-R field. I prefer it because it’s always balanced and never any phase issues to deal with, which can get tricky.”
so much awesome in such a short bit of text. “it comes out both speakers” and “no phase issues, which can be tricky” are both absotively fantastic