Re: ME66/MKH616 with omni mic

["Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999]

> In my book, omnis are out for nature recording and in fact any field
> recording as they pick up too much unwanted sound. They have zero
> fetch unless in a parabola or array.

Styles do differ! Soundscape recording vs species recording or sound collec=
tion for film/video production. I prefer to record my surround sound only w=
ith omnis! Hey, nature is all around, in a good ambience there is no unwant=
ed sound.

> I note the comment on using an
> out of phase omni as an "S" element, but that doesn't work
> theoretically or practically. It's simply not stereo because it can't
> place a sound source. I'm a hardliner on this. :-(

I stand corrected. The "M/S" you'd get from a shotgun/omni combination woul=
d be a mono zoom effect. Might be useful, but not stereo. Now shotgun and b=
idirectional...

-Dan