How to play a stereo sound file on one channel with a multichannel system?

Xon · March 16, 2025, 9:15pm

Hello,

I asked this question on Discord, but trying also here in case maybe someone knows how to do this.

With a stereo sound file, how to get only one channel played in Tidal with a multichannel system, e.g. 4 outputs ? I would like to have the flexibility of playing a stereo sound file on 2 channels, but also on 1 channel on a multichannel system.

d1 $ s "clubkick" #pan 0 -- outputs one channel on the left on a stereo system
d1 $ s "clubkick" #pan 0 -- outputs two channels on a quad system

Should I maybe modify DirtPan.defaultPanningFunction in SuperCollider ? Not sure how to do this. But maybe there is simpler way maybe in Tidal with a specific parameter to do this ? Or do I have to create sound folders for both mono and stereo sounds ?

Many thanks,

Christophe

yaxu · March 17, 2025, 5:06pm

Hi @xon, there's an issue about this sort of thing here, to adjust panwidth and so on:

github.com/musikinformatik/SuperDirt

let's sort out the panning scheme

opened 07:09PM - 20 Dec 16 UTC

kindohm

There "stereo image" of a sample is lost when played in SuperDirt. For example, …a sample that inherently contains right and left panning sounds like a "mono" sample without any panning in SuperDirt. Example: https://soundcloud.com/kindohm/stereo-image-difference/s-Oh8f6 The above is a recording of the sample played in SuperDirt, then in Classic Dirt. The sample has a panning oscillation that should be audible in any audio player. In SuperDirt, it sounds like a "mono" sample that doesn't pan. In classic Dirt, the panning is audible.

However, unfortunately I think it needs some work.

You could try the integer channel parameter # channel 0, #channel 1 etc, I'm not sure if that would mono sum or bleed into the next channel though.

Xon · March 20, 2025, 1:00am

Thank you so much to point me in the right direction.
I have to study this now!