W
wjgypsy
New member
What i mean is, insted of buying a stereo mic, can you just wire the mic cable to stereo or split it or something? And can you still maintain the sound quality?
zeke
zeke
is there any way that you can wire a mic cord to stereo and still have a good sound?
subtractor
New member
Even if you could, summing 2 mono channels doesn't make stereo.
M
mgraffeo
New member
If you're using a DAW, what you're describing is the equivalent of a copy & paste into a second track, with some panning.
If you're using tape, it's the same concept.
Neither one is the same as a stereo mic technique. Stereo mics take two microphone diaphragms, and position them in order to capture not just the sound, but some directional information in that sound. In order to capture that directional info with a spatial reference frame, you need the two diaphragms. There's some pretty good discussion of stereo mic techniques here, and on the web. Worth a search here and on google...
-mg
If you're using tape, it's the same concept.
Neither one is the same as a stereo mic technique. Stereo mics take two microphone diaphragms, and position them in order to capture not just the sound, but some directional information in that sound. In order to capture that directional info with a spatial reference frame, you need the two diaphragms. There's some pretty good discussion of stereo mic techniques here, and on the web. Worth a search here and on google...
-mg
F
Frank P.
New member
Doing that is not something I'd see as necessary or even advisable in a studio setting b/c there is the potential for sound quality loss, but I've seen it done a couple times in a pinch for PA setups. It's just what everyone else has said though...you could physically make a cable to do the wiring for a dynamic mic or self-powered condenser (phantom power is an entirely different animal I'd think...)...but you wouldn't get stereo, it'd just be two mono outputs. If there is however some reason you need the same input split to two different channels, a small mixer (if possible to use) would be a better option b/c you'd be guaranteed the same signal level on both outputs (unless you set it for different gain of course). But as for "magically" making a single mic produce a true stereo image, it's simply impossible.
-Frank
-Frank
P
pundit
New member
Re: is there any way that you can wire a mic cord to stereo and still have a good sound?
The problem is your brain would not be receiving any stereo information. Both sides of the 'hearing part' of your brain would only be receiving information from your left ear... AND it would be IDENTICAL information. So instead of receiving true stereo, you would be receiving 'dual channel mono'. To perceive the 3 dimensional space that a sound exists in, and it's direction, we need two ears (or microphones) spaced far enough apart to pickup the tiny differences in timing (phase) and volume (amplitude). It's these differences that give our brain the clues with need to perceive stereo sound. In fact we hear sound 'binaurally'. For more information simply type "binaural recording" into Google and see what you come up with!
Cheers
Think of it this way. Supposing you were only born with ONE ear.. say your left one! Now rather than fit a right ear to the other side of your head and attach it's output to the appropriate 'right ear' input part of you brain, you simply decided split the output from your left ear and send that to where your right ears output would have gone... if you had one... Following this so far?ZEKE SAYER said:
The problem is your brain would not be receiving any stereo information. Both sides of the 'hearing part' of your brain would only be receiving information from your left ear... AND it would be IDENTICAL information. So instead of receiving true stereo, you would be receiving 'dual channel mono'. To perceive the 3 dimensional space that a sound exists in, and it's direction, we need two ears (or microphones) spaced far enough apart to pickup the tiny differences in timing (phase) and volume (amplitude). It's these differences that give our brain the clues with need to perceive stereo sound. In fact we hear sound 'binaurally'. For more information simply type "binaural recording" into Google and see what you come up with!
Cheers
Last edited:
D
DJL
Self Banned
Re: is there any way that you can wire a mic cord to stereo and still have a good sound?
No, it takes two mic's for stereo (or a stereo mic). However, you can split with a Y type mic cable... but, it will still be mono.
ZEKE SAYER said:
No, it takes two mic's for stereo (or a stereo mic). However, you can split with a Y type mic cable... but, it will still be mono.
W
wjgypsy
New member
ok. i'll just practace copying the track. have'nt been out to my my studio lately because, as some of you know, school has started back. school sucks!
zeke
zeke
