Does anyone bother with this in the ambient realm?
I guess due to years of reading mags like Sound On Sound, I have it drummed into my head that finished tracks should still sound good when heard in mono. I struggle with this generally, the sound design is often my first consideration and it feels a major compromise to reign stuff in just for mono compatibility.
Maybe I'm selfish; *I* pretty much only listen to stuff on headphones nowadays so tend to produce to that situation. Hell, a compromise to me is plugging the speakers in to check a track doesn't sound too wide in the open air...
I'd wager too not much ambient gets played on mono AM radios either though maybe the rising popularity of bluetooth speakers should be considered.
I guess due to years of reading mags like Sound On Sound, I have it drummed into my head that finished tracks should still sound good when heard in mono. I struggle with this generally, the sound design is often my first consideration and it feels a major compromise to reign stuff in just for mono compatibility.
Maybe I'm selfish; *I* pretty much only listen to stuff on headphones nowadays so tend to produce to that situation. Hell, a compromise to me is plugging the speakers in to check a track doesn't sound too wide in the open air...

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