Topic: Stereo vs Binaural vs Sound Recording
Well, I was goofing with Native Instruments Komplete10 as well as some other VSTs I bought such as Alicia's Keys (why was I goofing? Because they came out with a sample sound preview program so that you can hear VST presets without loading the program).
Anyway, I realized that I still like Alicia's Keys as a piano and felt that it was pretty authentic for their "Player" preset, known as "Init", especially when I narrowed the stereo width since my speakers are outboard of my computer..
Why does it sound realistic? I don't know. The bass is from the left, and the treble is from the right, and overall my brain thinks that there's a piano inside my piano.
If I try to compare this to Pianoteq, the Pianoteq "Stereo" presets do not produce as much of Bass->left and Treble->right as Alicia's Keys. The "Binaural" setting is pretty close, and almost has the same effect as the Alicia's Keys "Init" setting. Sound Recording is good, but hard to make perfect.
So, how is "Binaural" recorded/produced/synthesized, as opposed to Pianoteq "Sound recording" simulated microphones, or "Stereo"?