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Re: MS-stereo and figure-8 mics

Subject: Re: MS-stereo and figure-8 mics
From: "walunit" walunit
Date: Fri Jan 1, 2010 12:06 pm ((PST))

Hi Keith,
I recommend avoiding high humidity when taking the NT5's outside. I love my 
NT5s but have had two fail on damp days. I mostly keep mine inside these days.
Take care!
Mike

--- In  "oystercoveau" <> wrote:
>
> Greetings everyone,
> 
> I live in southern Tasmania and I've just joined the group and look forward 
> to tapping into the wealth of knowledge here. I have experience in 
> synthesizers and electronic music and would like to incorporate local 
> wildlife sounds into my own music (mainly experimental/minimalist). 
> 
> I'll be recording to a Fostex FR2 in the field and would like to use MS 
> because of it's flexibility in the final mix. I've got an AT4022 omni for the 
> mid but don't have a figure-8 for the side. But I do have a matched pair of 
> NT5s and was wondering if by connecting them in parallel and pointing them at 
> 180 degrees to each other I could achieve ((more or less) the same results. 
> Or am I missing something here?
> 
> Keith
>








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