"the studio engineer creates the imaging effect"
I didn't think the engineer did much (creating) on purist recordings like Pope's and Telarc. They set the two good mike's up properly (to capture the imaging) and it went straight to the master (how TWL said). Q sound stuff like Madonna's "Immaculate Collection" and Roger Water's stuff are different. And the mixing processes I don't know (but I won't/can't argue with the other comments here--panning and volume).
No doubt the rooms acoustics for the original recording have a large impact on how things turn out too. The noise floor in the concert hall itself.
I didn't think the engineer did much (creating) on purist recordings like Pope's and Telarc. They set the two good mike's up properly (to capture the imaging) and it went straight to the master (how TWL said). Q sound stuff like Madonna's "Immaculate Collection" and Roger Water's stuff are different. And the mixing processes I don't know (but I won't/can't argue with the other comments here--panning and volume).
No doubt the rooms acoustics for the original recording have a large impact on how things turn out too. The noise floor in the concert hall itself.