I don't expect to be the only response to this, but - since the side is
bidirectional, it cancels completely in mono, so there are no phase
cancellations at all in the remaining signal. Yes, you lose the side
information, but it is debatable if that is a "majority" of the
information - the mid mic does catch it, just attenuated depending on
the width of the pattern. In my uses, that attentuation is desirable.
YMMV of course!
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Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689
On Mar 11, 2007, at 11:41 AM, John Hartog wrote:
> I'm glad the MS topic has come up again, and now I have questions.
>
> How is MS considered mono compatible, if when you sum the stereo L&R
> you are left with only the information from the original M channel? Is
> that really true?
> Seems like the S channel that gets lost would normally contain a
> majority of the information (like 2/3 or something considering a
> cardioid M) of the original L&R mix (talk about phase cancellations!).
> If so that would not really be mono compatible at all, would it?
>
> John Hartog
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