BxD
New member
(Disclosure: I did a search, and it yielded a hodgepodge of a mess, so I thought I'd ask this basic set of questions)
I want to experiment with Mid-Side recording, as I pretty much understand it to be superior to X-Y, as one can play with the stereo image after the fact, which you can't with X-Y (without jumping through hula-hoops). So my questions are:
I have an Omni Mic for the mid, which I read is better for full frequency coverage on the low end, in particular. But...
If I only have a (shitty) Blu microphone Yeti Pro for a figure 8, can I do this with 2 equal SDCs pointed in opposite directions, being careful to align them on top of each other, where the diaphrams are aligned?
Then, if so... how will adjusting the stereo field work, as R = M+S and L = M-S (or the other way around -- I'm on my phone now and can't check), but there are 3 inputs and not 2 of them, so how will it now work?
I want to experiment with Mid-Side recording, as I pretty much understand it to be superior to X-Y, as one can play with the stereo image after the fact, which you can't with X-Y (without jumping through hula-hoops). So my questions are:
I have an Omni Mic for the mid, which I read is better for full frequency coverage on the low end, in particular. But...
If I only have a (shitty) Blu microphone Yeti Pro for a figure 8, can I do this with 2 equal SDCs pointed in opposite directions, being careful to align them on top of each other, where the diaphrams are aligned?
Then, if so... how will adjusting the stereo field work, as R = M+S and L = M-S (or the other way around -- I'm on my phone now and can't check), but there are 3 inputs and not 2 of them, so how will it now work?