Re: acceptable differences in mics for stereo

["Paul Jacobson" thebrunswicktwitcher]

Simon and Walt,

Thanks for the extremely helpful replies. I now have a better idea of  
what to reasonably expect from the AT3032's.

I'm sure that it's a mic issue as I have placed the mics side by side  
to try to eliminate the stereo field as far as possible.

My (homebrew) preamp has a stepped gain control with quite large  
attenuation steps. I'll try rebuilding them so I've got a bit more  
control over fine channel balance. It seems that getting a proper  
balance at the source is a better option than tweaking the balance on  
the recording in post production.

I'll have a bit more of a play with the mics over the weekend, which  
should give me a better idea of how balanced they are tonally.

cheers
Paul