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Date: Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:56 am ((PST))
Thanks for the David, if were to look at replacing my 66s with a stereo mic=
what would replacement?
David Darrell-Lambert
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On 21 Jan 2012, at 15:47, "Avocet" <> wrote:
> > I was talking to a radio presenter the otherday who suggested I
> > could convert my recordings from mono to sterio. Does the work well
> > and is it easy to do?
>
> David,
>
> In short no and no. When stereo first came out there was a rash of
> discs "doctored for stereo", but this was music.
>
> Methods include splitting the music up into frequency bands and
> processing these for left and right, and adding stereo reverb. Adding
> out of phase elements will also give a "space" effect which some
> people mistake for stereo. It's like colouring up a monochrome photo -
> it may be possible but is it valid?.
>
> What you can never get from a mono recording is placement of wildlife
> sounds like a group of birds, or to follow a bird's movement.
>
> You can of course mix two or more recordings using panpots and create
> a spread stereo image but that is really not what nature recording is
> all about.
>
> David
>
> David Brinicombe
> North Devon, UK
> Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
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