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Re: Mono to sterio

Subject: Re: Mono to sterio
From: "Peter Shute" pshute2
Date: Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:05 pm ((PST))
66s? If you already have more than one ME66 then surely using both together=
 would be the first thing to try?=0D
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Thanks for the David, if were to look at replacing my 66s with a stereo mic=
 what would replacement?=0D
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On 21 Jan 2012, at 15:47, "Avocet" <<brini%40dsl.=
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> > I was talking to a radio presenter the otherday who suggested I=0D
> > could convert my recordings from mono to sterio. Does the work well=0D
> > and is it easy to do?=0D
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> In short no and no. When stereo first came out there was a rash of=0D
> discs "doctored for stereo", but this was music.=0D
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> Methods include splitting the music up into frequency bands and=0D
> processing these for left and right, and adding stereo reverb. Adding=0D
> out of phase elements will also give a "space" effect which some=0D
> people mistake for stereo. It's like colouring up a monochrome photo -=0D
> it may be possible but is it valid?.=0D
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> What you can never get from a mono recording is placement of wildlife=0D
> sounds like a group of birds, or to follow a bird's movement.=0D
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> You can of course mix two or more recordings using panpots and create=0D
> a spread stereo image but that is really not what nature recording is=0D
> all about.=0D
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> David=0D
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> David Brinicombe=0D
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