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Re: MS Stereo mic combination

Subject: Re: MS Stereo mic combination
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:05:42 +0200
b.t.w - why not get another CAD179 and try Blumline - two crossed eights!

It doesn't work when you have wind in the trees or when you have many
reflections, but in a silent and "dry" ambience it is - in my opinion - the=

by far best stereo set-up for naturesound. Remember that MS was designed
once for television on-location recordings with it's only real purpose to
get a perfect mono channel.

Klas.

At 13:32 2005-06-13, you wrote:
>Personally I like naturesound MS recordings made with an eight and an omni=
.
>It sounds "spacier" as you get more ambience.
>You can use a MKH70, but you must expect a quite "dry" recording. I think
>it will work best when you are quite near the bird, say a few meters, when
>you don't expect so much ambience anyway. When the bird sounds "far away"
>and the "natural" would be some ambience, such a recording will sound
>strange. At least to my ears.
>
>Klas.
>
>At 03:18 2005-06-13, you wrote:
> >I have access to a Sennheiser MKH70 and own a CAD M179.  I think the
> >179 would work as the S part of a MS stereo setup (when set to the
> >Figure 8 option), but am unsure of the MKH70 as the M part.  I have
> >seen discussion here about the MKH60 and MKH40 used as the mid on MS
> >stereo.  Is the MKH70 too "focused" for such an application?  Does
> >anyone have any thoughts on whether such a combination would be
> >usable?
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> >
> >
> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
> >Klas Strandberg
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
>S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
>Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
>email: 
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
email: 
        




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