At 11/3/09 12:54 AM, Rig wrote:
Maybe it's a left-brain vs right-brain thing, I dunno.
Actually it is. I do the same and is not related to cables or speakers or ear wax, the reason for that is in our cultural environment.
When we write, we do it from left to right, because of that and some other mental reasons, when we see an image moving from left to right, that appears as moving "forward" and when an image is moving from right to left we think it as "backward".
This mind trick s used in theater (when the action is going, actors move slightly to the right, running is also usually from left to right...etc), movies (point of attention is not in the center, forward action is from left to right...etc), painting (point of maximum interest is slightly right-up corner).
Also look at piano and all keyed instruments, "up" is right, "down" is left.
For me as an ex orchestra member, it's normal to hear solos in the right (first violin, oboe, clarinet, flute, all usual soloing instruments are to right from the point of view of inside orchestra), however, keeping in mind that audience hear orchestra from the front, everything changes to vice versa.