Amplitude panning creates auditory objects with no real physical source

Evidence

Virtual source positioning is a method to control perceived localization using the appropriate reproduction of a monophonic signal. A virtual source is an auditory object perceived at a location that does not have any real sources. Virtual source positioning aims to control only the perceived direction of virtual sources, although sometimes the distance and the spatial width of sources may also be controlled. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1879

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines virtual source positioning as perceived-direction control via monophonic reproduction.