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Re: Mid-side techinique with studio mics (Now Blumlein)

Subject: Re: Mid-side techinique with studio mics (Now Blumlein)
From: "Greg Weddig" <>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:15:11 -0000
Last summer I made some Blumlein test recordings in Sierra Valley, CA.
 My recollection of the recordings was the imaging seemed off since
there was no frontal "sound stage" it is basically all around.

Specifically I remember when anything flew front to back it seemed to
switch sides as it crossed over the mic array.  I think there is an
example of this in track the second example below.

Here are two unedited examples:

<http://home.earthlink.net/~graudio/SierraBlumleinMD102Trk01.mp3>

<http://home.earthlink.net/~graudio/SierraBlumleinMD102Trk03.mp3>

--greg weddig
Baltimore, MD


--- In  Curt Olson <> wrote:
>
> Bruce Wilson wrote:
>
> > What I'll do this summer is spend time in the red rock canyons
getting
> > as full a stereo soundfield of natural sounds and their
reverberations
> > as I can. ORTF blocks out a sector of sound, so does MS.
>
> Do you mean the fact that they are forward-facing arrays and not full
> surround? If so, something like Rich Peet's cube mic array might be
> worth considering.
>
> Blumlein is great in concert halls, but to my way of thinking, maybe
> not the best for natural soundscapes -- at least if you're hoping to
> capture good directional cues.
>
> Also, regarding ORTF vs MS, there are many good reasons to prefer MS,
> but ORTF captures important time-arrival differences between Left and
> Right that help give a sense of space. I don't believe MS can do that.
> (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.)
>
> Curt Olson
>






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