I noticed that the KLAX audio feed is in stereo and isolates the voice chatter to either the left or the right channel. Which might be confusing on headphones.
I'm not sure how it's determined what audio goes to each channel but it seems very intentional. I'm guessing this is a way of listening to to multiple overlapping channels. Does anyone know more about this? Is separating radio chatter into distinct channels and listening over stereo something air traffic controllers do in practice or is that just for the benefit of this feed?
Not sure if air traffic controllers do it but pilots do. Often will have one radio on in the left ear and another in the right. The newer audio panels will do “3d audio” so it’s more spatial.
When you have it this way, it’s easier for your brain to ignore one when you are paying attention to the other.
> Not sure if air traffic controllers do it but pilots do. Often will have one radio on in the left ear and another in the right.
It sounds very general, that pilots do, and often. I guess it is missing a "some", "few", and/or "I" somewhere.
Of all the various headset connectors [0], only redel/lemo and (probably) fischer are stereo. That's a very small part of the complete GA fleet, and likely even lower in commercial (if modern, using 5-pin XLR).
South tower (runways 25L & 25R) and North tower (runways 24L & 24R) are on different frequencies. On LiveATC you can listen to each tower individually.
I'm not sure how it's determined what audio goes to each channel but it seems very intentional. I'm guessing this is a way of listening to to multiple overlapping channels. Does anyone know more about this? Is separating radio chatter into distinct channels and listening over stereo something air traffic controllers do in practice or is that just for the benefit of this feed?
p.s. here's just the KLAX feed without the lofi beats: https://s1-bos.liveatc.net/klax_twr