preamp with MS decoder?

[halfred]

Can anyone recommend a preamp for under $1000 that has built in MS decoder. The recording situation is recording classical piano solos on a
7' Steinway B in my home. Thanks in advance.

 

[SuperGeek]

This article may help you with the issue at hand.

http://www.wikirecording.org/Mid-Side_Microphone_Technique

Some audio interfaces will do it but in the end it can be done probably with what you all ready have.

Got some way to invert the phase, the right mics etc.

 

[WhiteStrat]

SuperGeek is right. I've got a pre with a mid/side decoder, and I've never used it. Obviously I didn't buy it for that--I bought it for other reasons. But I had already learned to do it without a "decoder" in a pre--and never saw a reason to use it.

Maybe I should see how it works just for the sake of knowledge, but honestly, I'd rather not be tied to that pre every time I want to do a mid/side recording. As long as I've got the mics, I can do the decoding myself--and I'm free to use whatever pre's I'd like.