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[css2] Added sentence to explain that 'leftwards' actually means
'counter-clockwise'. --HG-- extra : convert_revision : svn%3A73dc7c4b-06e6-40f3-b4f7-9ed1dbc14bfc/trunk%40697
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<html lang="en">
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<!-- $Id: aural.src,v 1.15 1998-01-20 23:20:13 ijacobs Exp $ -->
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<!-- $Id: aural.src,v 1.16 1998-01-26 18:34:42 bbos Exp $ -->
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<HEAD>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
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<TITLE>Aural style sheets</TITLE>
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<p>or relative keywords. The value <tt>leftwards</tt> moves the sound
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more to the left (subtracts 20 degrees) while the value
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more to the left (more precisely: subtracts 20 degrees) while the value
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<tt>rightwards</tt> moves the sound more to the right (adds 20
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degrees). Arithmetic is carried out modulo 360 degrees.
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degrees). Arithmetic is carried out modulo 360 degrees. Note that
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'leftwards' is more accurately described as "turned
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counter-clockwise," since it <em>always</em> subtracts 20 degrees,
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even if the inherited azimuth is already behind the listener (in which
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case the sound actually appears to move to the right). 'Rightwards' is
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analogous.
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<p>This property is most likely to be implemented by mixing the same
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signal into different channels at differing volumes. It might also

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