Re: Upgrading my PMD660 and ME67

["Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999]

> <<I like the idea of stereo environmental recordings more and more, not just 
> mono. If I start using a Mid Side array is it possible to retrieve the mono 
> track from it to use for my research, but also have the stereo picture for 
> ambient recordings? I.e. do you get 2 for one?>>
> 
> Absolutely you do, & this is one of the great benefits of MS recording. 
> Simply mute the S channel & you have your mono front facing channel. Just 
> don't decode the MS signal prior to recording. Do that later in post 
> production.

If you get a Sound Devices recorder, you can decode the MS to headphones for 
monitoring in the field while you record raw MS to a file. [disclosure: I'm a 
dealer]

-Dan