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Italian exploitation documentary about Sweden, not "Swedish porno"


* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' song "Mah Na Mah Na" (incidentally adapted from a song in a Swedish porno) has the monster singing in the opposite speaker to the backup singers, and during the chorus he switches between the two.

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* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' song "Mah Na Mah Na" (incidentally adapted from a song in a Swedish porno) CoverVersion of [[Film/SwedenHeavenAndHell "Máh-Ná-Mah-Ná"]] has the monster hipster dude singing in the opposite speaker to the backup singers, singers (the Snowths), and during the chorus he switches between the two.
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* Every UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} game soundtrack is hard-panned to the left or right speaker, as the hardware lacks a center channel. This can make them difficult to listen to with headphones unless the panning is rebalanced, as is sometimes the case with unofficial rips/uploads.

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* Every UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} Platform/{{Amiga}} game soundtrack is hard-panned to the left or right speaker, as the hardware lacks a center channel. This can make them difficult to listen to with headphones unless the panning is rebalanced, as is sometimes the case with unofficial rips/uploads.
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* Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s "Autobahn" takes this about as far as one could possibly take it using 1970s technology. The end result feels like the various sounds are driving past you on the road.
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The visual equivalent of this is a WidescreenShot. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] a camera [[JitterCam looking left and right for no reason]], nor does it have to do with the practice of [[CausticCritic critically lambasting a work without restraint]], at least not inherently.

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The visual equivalent of this is a WidescreenShot. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] a camera [[JitterCam looking left and right for no reason]], nor does it have to do with the practice of [[CausticCritic critically lambasting a work without restraint]], at least not inherently.
WidescreenShot.
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* An interesting example in "Music/{{Hemispheres}}" by Music/{{Rush}}: on the singing of the word "hemispheres", it's played once in the left channel before rapidly coming in on the right as well, making it sound like two Geddy Lees standing on either side of the singer.

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* An interesting example in "Music/{{Hemispheres}}" by Music/{{Rush}}: Music/{{Rush|Band}}: on the singing of the word "hemispheres", it's played once in the left channel before rapidly coming in on the right as well, making it sound like two Geddy Lees standing on either side of the singer.
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* Many UsefulNotes/{{NES}} emulators have a stereo option that pans select channels to the left or right speakers. The panning can be adjusted all the way up to 100%, which is hard-panned. The NES was originally only in mono so it can be slightly different to listen to in speakers, but turning it off can restore the original mono mix. This stereo function can also be installed in real NES and Famicom hardware with a hardware mod.
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* Early stereo recordings of opera, most famously Georg Solti's 1950s/1960s recordings of Music/RichardWagner's ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'', made the characters' voices move around to suggest the effect of people moving around a stage; this was accomplished by actually making the singers move from one microphone to another, with a numbered grid on the floor and notes in their scores showing where they were supposed to be standing at any given time. The staging plans could lead to awkward placement of the voices, like having someone sing an aria entirely from the left or right speaker, and eventually this type of staging became restricted to entrances, exits and other important movements with most of the singing placed at or near the middle.
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* Music/ThrobbingGristle's live shows are typically recorded in a fashion where one segment is panned on one side while another is either dead silent or consistently ringing (Or something in between).

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* In the StupidStatementDanceMix of the {{Lets Play}}er LetsPlay/{{raocow}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36F8D2LhIuI 'A Heart']], the recurring line 'Right, right, left, right, right' is sounded through the appropriate speaker.

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* In the StupidStatementDanceMix VoiceClipSong of the {{Lets Play}}er LetsPlay/{{raocow}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36F8D2LhIuI 'A Heart']], the recurring line 'Right, right, left, right, right' is sounded through the appropriate speaker.
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This is also used to great effect in motion picture sound. It allows sound to be matched to moving visuals. Theater and home surround sound systems have between five and eight channels to play with; using multi-channel surround in music is still largely experimental, if only because headphones only have two channels.

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This is also used to great effect in motion picture sound. It allows sound to be matched to moving visuals. Theater and home surround sound systems have between five and eight channels to play with; with (and now with new technologies such as Dolby Atmos becoming mainstream, that adds even more ''overhead'' channels to muck around with); using multi-channel surround in music is still largely experimental, if only because headphones only have two channels.
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* Occurs in the first two generations of ''Franchise/Pokemon'':

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* Occurs in the first two generations of ''Franchise/Pokemon'':''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
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* Occurs in the first two generations of ''Franchise/Pokemon'':
** In [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Generation 1]], stereo audio was available only in the later ''Pokémon Yellow'' via the headphone jack and tweaking the options menu. All this did was apply each of the audio channels to either the left, right, or both ears, with only the new Yellow-exclusive music getting bespoke mixes that actually moved the channels around. This can sound rather bizarre if you're used to the mono versions that came out of the Game Boy's single speaker, but since this option was so obscure most people didn't even know to critique it.
** For ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', the stereo option now included proper mixing that sounds a bit more natural, and thus this trope is played more traditionally. For example, the opening of Cherrygrove City quickly introduces its layers in the right ear, then the middle, then the left ear. Violet City's piece pans one of its background layers from right to left and then back again throughout, while Rock Tunnel is perhaps the most creative use where the left ear is used for a literal echo of the right ear!
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* In some games with a free-moving camera, you can invoke this yourself. Have a surround sound system? Try panning the camera so that sound sources are behind it, and listen to how the sounds are coming from the rear speakers.
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* "Sunglasses at Night" by {{Music/Corey Hart}} does this with every keyboard note.

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* "Sunglasses at Night" by {{Music/Corey Hart}} Music/CoreyHart does this with every keyboard note.
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* "Sunglasses at Night" by Corey Hart does this with every keyboard note.

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* "Sunglasses at Night" by Corey Hart {{Music/Corey Hart}} does this with every keyboard note.
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* Dream Theater's "The Great Debate" uses spoken word samples in a very similar fashion to "Better Days": the more progressive, pro-choice viewpoints are panned to the left speaker while the conservative, pro-life samples are panned to the right. James [=LaBrie=]'s vocals are also panned as such when the perspective arises, most noticeably in the opening verses.
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* Music/{{Queen}}:
** "Bohemian Rhapsody" from ''Music/ANightAtTheOpera'' in particular - "Little high" the left speaker is followed by "Little low" in the right.

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** "Bohemian Rhapsody" from ''Music/ANightAtTheOpera'' in particular - -- "Little high" the left speaker is followed by "Little low" in the right.



** They actually mostly [[AvertedTrope averted]] this trope; however, in "Who Needs You", the lead vocals are panned hard right, and in the beginning of "Millionaire Waltz", the bass is panned left and piano right with nearly no crosstalk.
** Played completely straight with the remixed 12" extended versions of many of their songs. Most egregious example award probably goes to "The Invisible Man". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9v9z76jB0Y Try to see how many times/how long you can listen to this abomination before getting a headache.]]

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** They actually mostly [[AvertedTrope averted]] this trope; however, in [[Music/NewsOfTheWorldQueen "Who Needs You", You"]], the lead vocals are panned hard right, and in the beginning of "Millionaire Waltz", the bass is panned left and piano right with nearly no crosstalk.
** Played completely straight with the remixed 12" extended versions of many of their songs. songs in the '80s. Most egregious example award probably goes to [[Music/TheMiracle "The Invisible Man".Man"]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9v9z76jB0Y Try to see how many times/how long you can listen to this abomination before getting a headache.]]
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* The [[{{Music/Ramones}} self-titled album]] by Music/TheRamones consistently placed guitar in the left speaker, bass in the right, and vocals and drums in the center. When Music/ScreechingWeasel did a song-for-song CoverAlbum of ''Ramones'', they had their version mixed the same way.

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* The [[{{Music/Ramones}} [[Music/RamonesAlbum self-titled album]] by Music/TheRamones the Music/{{Ramones}} consistently placed guitar in the left speaker, bass in the right, and vocals and drums in the center. When Music/ScreechingWeasel did a song-for-song CoverAlbum of ''Ramones'', they had their version mixed the same way.

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