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Re: Re: Stereo Patterns

Subject: Re: Re: Stereo Patterns
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 06:57:48 -0700
I haven't been following the discussion, lately, but for the most
comprehensive and concise coverage of stereo vs MS vs Blumlein vs
SASS vs ORTF vs binaural (if it hasn't already been suggested), get
hold of THE NEW STEREO SOUNDBOOK (2nd Edition), by Ron Streicher and
F. Aton Everest. Published by Audio Engineering Assoc., 1029 N.
Allen, Av., Pasadena, CA 91104. Telephone: 1-800-798-9127. There may
be a later edition. It's all there, folks.

Having recorded with every known pattern and system, MS provides, by
far, the most versitile and robust result for our purposes
(soundscape study and evaluation, number of applications from one
recording, media production and archiving). No other system comes
close in my opinion.

Bernie Krause

>On 4/26/06, Tim Nielsen <> wrote:
>>  > I was partial to ORTF before I started this, but now I'm not so
>>  > sure. I
>>  > liked the sound of MS-omni in the phones. I realize that when MS-
>>  > omni is
>>  > decoded is should be identical to Blumlein, but it didn't sound
>>  > that way,
>>  > probably because of the non-ideal patterns of the mics.
>>
>>  Is that right? My understanding is that an omni 'mid' mic causes the
>>  figure 8 to be the source of the stereo, so in effect, MS stereo with
>>  an omni mid looks like XY at 180 degrees, two mics pointing away from
>>  each other. The amount of the omni signal present varies the apparent
>>  pattern between wide-cardiod, cardiod and super-cardiod, depending on
>>  the ratio of mid to side. So it's not quite Blumlein, which in
>>  effects is still gathering sound from four directions, even though
>>  it's only stereo, right?
>
>This is correct. MS with a fig 8 mic as the mid mic is identical to
Blumlein.
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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