Re: M/S (Mid/Side) Mic Recommendations

["Tim Nielsen" supernielsen]

Unfortunately I don't know of any 'cheap' and 'good' MS single point  
mics. There aren't even a ton of them to choose from. As you noted,  
the VP88 is noisy. The good ones I can think of: the Sanken CSM-7 and  
CSM-9, the Neumann 191, these are several thousand dollars.

I know you said you want to stay away from two mics, but this is  
really you best option. You'll be able to find better mics for the  
money. You can also mount both mics in a Rycote type housing, and then  
construct a single 5 pin cable, which will give you a convenience of a  
single point mic. This is how all my MS rigs are setup.

I think you'll find most any cheap single point MS mic is going to be  
too noisy for nature sound recording.


On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:12 AM, frankie_tempest wrote:

> Sorry, I should have said that I am looking for a single-point m/s mic
> as opposed to using two of them.
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