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Re: FS: various mics

Subject: Re: FS: various mics
From: "Lou Judson" inaudio
Date: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:17 pm ((PST))
Yup! One thing about MS stereo mics, though, is that the way the mid
and the side combine for stereo is one thing, but if mixed to mono the
side completely disappears, leaving only the mid capsule as a cardioid
mono mic. I'll let others expound on the whys or can refer to internet
sources if needed...

<L>

Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689

On Jan 10, 2007, at 1:01 PM, ortfmic wrote:

> --- In  Lou Judson <>
> wrote:
>
> Is this another way of describing mono-capatibility?
>
>>
>> Good for you! Time-coherent in this case means the two capsules are so
>> close together as to effectively be in the same location, so when
>> combined into a stereo signal there is no "smear" or delay or phasing
>> offset between the two elements.
>>
>> In distinction from say using two separate mics ferther apart wher the
>> stereo combine dsignal will have time effects and not a cherent sound
>> (unless you like it that way as some do!)
>>
>> <L>
>>
>> Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
>> 415-883-2689
>>
>> On Jan 10, 2007, at 12:35 PM, ortfmic wrote:
>>
>>> Right you are! And speaking of better, I got the VP88 mic from
>>> fellow member Danny Meltzer. As I read the propaganda on this mic, I
>>> come across the phrase "...time-coherent mid-side design...".
>>>
>>> What is 'time-coherent'?
>>>
>>> Tom
>>
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>
>
> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
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