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    Mid/Side - Side Mic On-Axis to Sound Source

    Hello, I'm wondering if there's any potential problems in recording a guitar amp using the mid/side technique, but having the side mic on-axis to the amp rather than the mid mic. My thinking is this: If I want to have two guitars in my song, to achieve some separation between them I might pan...
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    SE Electronics R1 - How much mic preamp gain?

    The SE Electronics R1 ribbon mic has been discontinued for some time now and the prices (at least here in the UK) are a fraction of what they were when the mic was still being manufactured. I'm tempted to buy one but my concern is this; according to the spec sheet on the Focusrite website, my...
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    M/S Technique - Simulating a Bidirectional Mic w/Two Cardioid Mics

    Hey guys, If anyone is interested, here are some audio files so you can play around with them and see what you get. Remember its three cardioid mics, one facing left, one right and one facing the middle. This is what I did to get my m/s. Flipped the polarity of the right mic, then summed it...
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    M/S Technique - Simulating a Bidirectional Mic w/Two Cardioid Mics

    Hi there, Apologies if this question has been answered elsewhere. I want to be able to track using the Mid/Side technique, but I can't afford to buy a new (bidirectional) microphone. I want to try and simulate the "side" microphone (which I understand should be bidirectional) by placing the...
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