Re: Monitoring M-S on an FR2-LE

["Walter Knapp" waltknapp]

Posted by: "Connor Walsh"

> How do any of you manage monitoring M-S in the field?

I set the gain on the two mics independently for the best recording
using the recorder's metering, and then monitor the mid in mono. I
started out using a SD MP2 and monitoring the stereo, but found it was
too tempting to start fiddling with the gain to adjust the stereo field
and that would lead to one channel being recorded weakly. Plus, of
course, that was another piece of equipment to cart around.

I decode later on the computer and adjust the stereo field then. M/S
allows you to have a range of stereo fields. Of course the undecoded M/S
is what goes into my archive copies. The stereo field is a derivative
and I may back it up too, but it's not the "original".

Walt