Subject: [AUDITORY] The TEN YEAR Anniversary of the monotoSTEREO.info website! From: CHRISTOPHER KISSEL <monotostereo@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:48:23 -0500--Apple-Mail=_049A0253-9CC7-4241-A45C-77F3B4177332 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Greetings! For many years one of the holy grails of the audio world has been the = ability to convert mono musical source material to realistic stereo. = Unfortunately, numerous attempts over the years invariably produced very = poor results. Consider this statement in the Third Edition of The New Stereo Soundbook = <https://www.stereosoundbook.com/> by Ron Streicher & F. Alton Everest = (2006 Audio Engineering Associates), undoubtably one of the most = authoritative books published on the subject of stereo sound: =E2=80=9CThe most important point in studying the various methods of = converting a mono signal to stereo is the realization that it is = impossible to do so: the best that can be hoped for is a signal that has = some of the characteristics of a stereo signal.=E2=80=9D On January 29, 2015 my website, = <https://www.monotostereo.info/>monotoSTEREO.info = <http://monotostereo.info/>, went live. I started the website to provide = a collection of resources for individuals interested in upmixing older = mono source material to stereo through the use of Spectral Editing and = AI-based Music Source Separation. In that time the website has been = visited over 82,000 times by individuals in 189 countries! The goal of this technology is the creating of stereo mixes that are = virtually indistinguishable from stereo mixes created using multitrack = session tapes, had they existed. There are now several hundred examples of mono recordings that have been = upmixed to stereo using this technology which have been linked to on the = MEDIA pages of the website. A number of these have been released = commercially: MEDIA 1 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-1> MEDIA 2 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-2> MEDIA 3 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-3> MEDIA 4 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-4> MEDIA 5 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-5> MEDIA 6 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-6> MEDIA 7 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-7> MEDIA 8 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-8> MEDIA 9 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-9> MEDIA 10 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-10> MEDIA 11 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-11> MEDIA 12 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-12> MEDIA 13 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-13> MEDIA 14 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-14> MEDIA 15 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-15> MEDIA 16 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-16> MEDIA 17 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-17> MEDIA 18 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-18> MEDIA 19 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-19> MEDIA 20 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-20> MEDIA 21 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-21> MEDIA 22 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-22> MEDIA 23 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-23> MEDIA 24 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-24> MEDIA 25 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-25> MEDIA 26 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-26> MEDIA 27 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-27> MEDIA 28 <https://www.monotostereo.info/media-28> Links to commercially available releases which utilize this technology = can be found here: LATEST RELEASES <https://www.monotostereo.info/latest-releases> RELEASED 1 <https://www.monotostereo.info/released-1> RELEASED 2 <https://www.monotostereo.info/released-2> There are now a total of 125 tools featured on the TOOLS pages of the = website, which are accessible from the pull-down menus anywhere on the = website: TOOLS (A) <https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-a> TOOLS (B-F) <https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-b-f> TOOLS (G-M) <https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-g-m> TOOLS (N-R) <https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-n-r> TOOLS (S-SO) <https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-s-so> TOOLS (SP-T) <https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-sp-t> TOOLS (U-Z) <https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-u-z> More tools continue to be added, including web-based services and even = music source separation apps that run on iOS and Android devices! There are now over 1,700 research papers, presentations, etc. linked to = on the <https://www.monotostereo.info/research>RESEARCH = <https://www.monotostereo.info/research> pages of the website! A companion <https://www.facebook.com/monotostereo.info>Facebook page = <https://www.facebook.com/monotostereo.info> for the website provides = updates and related content. Be sure to =E2=80=9CLike=E2=80=9D the = <https://www.facebook.com/monotostereo.info>Facebook page = <https://www.facebook.com/monotostereo.info> to follow it for the = updates! You can also now follow = <https://www.monotostereo.info/>monotoSTEREO.info = <http://monotostereo.info/> on Bluesky: = https://bsky.app/profile/mono2stereo.bsky.social I=E2=80=99d like to take this opportunity to again thank the engineers = who have been showcasing what is possible with this technology. I must = also thank the various researchers and developers who have made this = technology accessible, powerful, and useable for so many. The technology = and the tools to utilize it continue to improve dramatically! Lastly, a = big thank you to the visitors to the website. Your continued interest = and support are very much appreciated! I sincerely hope that you = continue to find the website interesting, informative, educational, and = inspiring! Best regards, Christopher Kissel Owner & Webmaster of monotoSTEREO.info <http://monotostereo.info/> = <https://www.monotostereo.info/> monotostereo@xxxxxxxx <mailto:monotostereo@xxxxxxxx> https://www.facebook.com/monotostereo.info https://www.facebook.com/christopher.kissel --Apple-Mail=_049A0253-9CC7-4241-A45C-77F3B4177332 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div = dir=3D"auto" style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">Greetings!</span><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">For many = years one of the holy grails of the audio world has been the ability to = convert mono musical source material to realistic stereo. Unfortunately, = numerous attempts over the years invariably produced very poor = results.</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Consider = this statement in the Third Edition of <a = href=3D"https://www.stereosoundbook.com/">The New Stereo = Soundbook</a> by Ron Streicher & F. Alton Everest (2006 Audio = Engineering Associates), undoubtably one of the most authoritative books = published on the subject of stereo = sound:</span></div><div><br></div><div><font size=3D"4"><b>=E2=80=9CThe = most important point in studying the various methods of converting a = mono signal to stereo is the realization that it is impossible to do so: = the best that can be hoped for is a signal that has some of the = characteristics of a stereo = signal.=E2=80=9D</b></font></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><span = style=3D"font-size: 14px;">On January 29, 2015 my website, <a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/"></a><a = href=3D"http://monotostereo.info/">monotoSTEREO.info</a>, went = live. I started the website to provide a collection of resources for = individuals interested in upmixing older mono source material to stereo = through the use of Spectral Editing and AI-based Music Source = Separation. In that time the website has been visited over 82,000 times = by individuals in 189 countries!</span></div><div><span = style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:= 14px;">The goal of this technology is the creating of stereo mixes that = are virtually indistinguishable from stereo mixes created using = multitrack session tapes, had they existed.</span></div><div><span = style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:= 14px;">There are now several hundred examples of mono recordings that = have been upmixed to stereo using this technology which have been linked = to on the MEDIA pages of the website. A number of these have been = released commercially:</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-1" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 1</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-2" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 2</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-3" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 3</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-4" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 4</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-5" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 5</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-6" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 6</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-7" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 7</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-8" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 8</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-9" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 9</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-10" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 10</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-11" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 11</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-12" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 12</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-13" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 13</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-14" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 14</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-15" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 15</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-16" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 16</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-17" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 17</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-18" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 18</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-19" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 19</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-20" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 20</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-21" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 21</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-22" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 22</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-23" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 23</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-24" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 24</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-25" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 25</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-26" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 26</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-27" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 27</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/media-28" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">MEDIA 28</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Links to = commercially available releases which utilize this technology can be = found here:</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/latest-releases" style=3D"font-size:= 14px;">LATEST RELEASES</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/released-1" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">RELEASED 1</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/released-2" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">RELEASED 2</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">There are = now a total of 125 tools featured on the TOOLS pages of the website, = which are accessible from the pull-down menus anywhere on the = website:</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-a" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">TOOLS (A)</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-b-f" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">TOOLS (B-F)</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-g-m" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">TOOLS (G-M)</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-n-r" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">TOOLS (N-R)</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-s-so" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">TOOLS (S-SO)</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-sp-t" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">TOOLS (SP-T)</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/tools-u-z" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">TOOLS (U-Z)</a></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">More tools = continue to be added, including web-based services and even music source = separation apps that run on iOS and Android = devices!</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">There are = now over 1,700 research papers, presentations, etc. linked to on = the <a href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/research"></a><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/research">RESEARCH</a> pages = of the website!</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;">A = companion <a = href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/monotostereo.info"></a><a = href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/monotostereo.info">Facebook = page</a> for the website provides updates and related content. Be = sure to =E2=80=9CLike=E2=80=9D the <a = href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/monotostereo.info"></a><a = href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/monotostereo.info">Facebook = page</a> to follow it for the updates!</span></div><div><span = style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:= 14px;">You can also now follow <a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/"></a><a = href=3D"http://monotostereo.info/">monotoSTEREO.info</a> on = Bluesky: <a = href=3D"https://bsky.app/profile/mono2stereo.bsky.social">https://bsky.app= /profile/mono2stereo.bsky.social</a></span></div><div><span = style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:= 14px;">I=E2=80=99d like to take this opportunity to again thank the = engineers who have been showcasing what is possible with this = technology. I must also thank the various researchers and developers who = have made this technology accessible, powerful, and useable for so many. = The technology and the tools to utilize it continue to improve = dramatically! Lastly, a big thank you to the visitors to the website. = Your continued interest and support are very much appreciated! I = sincerely hope that you continue to find the website interesting, = informative, educational, and inspiring!</span></div><div><span = style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:= 14px;">Best regards,</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">Christopher Kissel</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">Owner & Webmaster of <a = href=3D"http://monotostereo.info/">monotoSTEREO.info</a></span></div><span= style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><a = href=3D"https://www.monotostereo.info/"></a></span><div><span = style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:monotostereo@xxxxxxxx" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">monotostereo@xxxxxxxx</a></div><div><div><span = style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/monotostereo.info" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">https://www.facebook.com/monotostereo.info</a></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/christopher.kissel" style=3D"font-size: = 14px;">https://www.facebook.com/christopher.kissel</a></div></div><div><sp= an style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span = style=3D"font-size: = 14px;"><br></span></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_049A0253-9CC7-4241-A45C-77F3B4177332--