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Date: Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:38 am ((PST))
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'd like to get into mid/side recording and I was
> wondering if I also need to upgrade my recorder (Fostex FR2 -Le) since i=
t
> doesn't
> have a built-in M/S matrix decoder... which would mean monitoring the
> mid channel with one hear and the side channel with the other.
> Does that make sense, or would it sound really bizarre?
> I'm considering a set-up with a shotgun microphone as the mid channel.
>
> I definitely want to keep the option of working the m/s mix in post,
> which rules out any microphone with an internal m/s matrix and L/R
> output.
>
> Any advice will be welcome!
> Thanks
> Michele
>
hi Michele,
as has been suggested there are options for decoding the MS signal in your
headphones. I have to say also I'd recommend getting used to listening in M=
/S.
It is weird at first - what's in front of you appears in your left ear and =
what
is to both the left and right of you appears in your right ear, which takes=
some
getting used to. But, I have found (by force of circumstance really, since =
for a
long while I didn't have a way of decoding my headphone feed) that it's use=
ful
listening in this way - I find that my imagination is able to anticipate ho=
w
it'll sound decoded later in post. I kind of prefer this to having the deco=
ded
signal in my headphones, as weird as this may sound, because of course when=
you
decode in post you might choose a wider or narrower stereo image (such is t=
he
benefits of recording in M/S) and the decoded signal in your phones is just=
one
fixed choice.
Cheers - Duncan
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