1. Re: Mono v. Stereo

["Walter Knapp" waltknapp]

Posted by: "Raimund Specht"

> Imagine, you would use a XY stereo setup instead of a conventional 
> single shutgun microphone. It is true that the stereo setup would 
> perhaps allow you to isolate different individuals or noise by ear. 
> However, the down-side would be that the overall signal-to-noise 
> ratio of the stereo recording would be most likely worse than the 
> conventional shotgun microphone recording. The narrower receiving 
> angle of the shotgun microphone would effectively attenuate 
> disturbing noise arriving from other directions, which would not be 
> the case for the much wider receiving angle of the stereo microphone. 

Maybe you should go back and look at the polar patterns of shotgun mics. 
   They are picking up 60 degrees or more in their central pattern.  So, 
tight selectivity in them is more myth than reality.

Walt