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Re: Can you monitor mid/side in the field without an M/S matrix?

Subject: Re: Can you monitor mid/side in the field without an M/S matrix?
From: madl74
Date: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:05 pm ((PST))
> I use Apogee mini mp microphone preamp with MS matrix  circuit in the ana=
log domain. When I put the circuit in the path with mkh 40 as mid and mkh 3=
0 as side I fell some loss in the signal, and I feel I am losing some trans=
parency. Is it normal? Is it not better to record in stereo the two channel=
s without the MS matrix and make the Ms after recording, in the daw?

Jos=C3=A9,

Your headphones will be most likely L-R and will not give you a stereo imag=
e
from a M-S signal, so you can't compare them. M-S will always sound odd.

The final result will be a conventional stereo signal which is L-R, so at
some stage, using an M-S mic rig, you will have to convert.

Once recorded, you can turn M-S into L-R or the other way around with a lin=
e
level matrix, or a good sound editor if you have either. Quality wise, it
makes no difference as long as you listen to the L-R version.

Your best decision depends on what post-recording processing you want to do=
.
If you have a mixdown mixer with M-S controls, you can record M-S, if not,=

then record L-R which you can post-adjust with a simple sound editing
programme.

David Brinicombe











"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.



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