boosting the side channel and translating back to stereo left / right). Although there is an explanation for how re-mixing (in terms of panning) can work when sound is recorded with a combination of a cardioid and figure of eight microphone pair, I am unaware of a general explanation of why a normally panned instrument in a mix can end up sounding wider than the speakers after further processing with mid / side strategies (ie.
Perhaps as many as ten years ago I had a realization regarding why things like stereo wide, and mid side processing can widen the stereo image beyond the angle of separation of the speakers reproducing the sound.
