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Lionel_Hutz
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So you suggest leaving it in mono and trusting the room? I'm just confused as pro recordings don't have anything in mono, there's always an image to everything, even the bass has a small stereo image.
bigwillz24
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Lionel_Hutz said:
It's called panning and use of reverbs & delay almost everything is tracked MONO & its done that way to acheive that stereo image you are hearing. Your ears are deceiving you.
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Lionel_Hutz
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Cool. I'm curious, what would a stereo mic conventionally be used for then?
Farview
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Overheads, string quartets, anything that you would stereo mic.Lionel_Hutz said:
bigwillz24
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Lionel_Hutz said:
Stereo Mics are more of a specialty mic.
They are used whenever you are attempting to get a swishing or swooshing sound travelling back and forth across the stereo spectrum. Sorry thats the best way I can explain it.
However you don't need a stereo mic to accomplish that grab the pan knob on a MONO track and twist it back and forth to your hearts content while recording you can even automate it if your using multitracking software.
jake-owa
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WHAT??bigwillz24 said:
If you have no clue best to not try to explain eh?
Farview
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I haven't seen that video in a long time, but I only remember 1 vocal mic. There were 2 speakers on mic stands on either side of the mic. Those were his monitors. You will notice he wasn't wearing headphones. What I still don't know is what was that mic on the snare?
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corban
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A stereo mic is essentially two mics in one. It's true that stereo mics are more of a specialty mic, but they are used to record anything that you might normally record using a pair of normal mics set up XY. When Farview used the term stereo mic as something that you do, he was simply referring to recording two signals at once, which is usually done with two mics.
To answer the original question a little more, you can stereo mic any instrument that has different sounds emanating from different places, such as drums, choir, piano, etc. That way you can pan the different signals and give the listener the sense of having the actual instrument in front of them. This is not nearly as useful for a voice, which basically has one sound source.
That doesn't mean you can't add a mic further back to give a natural delay and add fullness and depth to the recording. Some pros might do that, so you could've seen it in a video. It's a common procedure for classical recordings that are done in big beautiful halls with characteristic reverb that you really want on the recording. But it certainly isn't standard for recording a vocal in an iso booth, and if your room isn't wonderful sounding there's really no point in it, because you can add that delay and depth after the fact with nudging and reverb.
To answer the original question a little more, you can stereo mic any instrument that has different sounds emanating from different places, such as drums, choir, piano, etc. That way you can pan the different signals and give the listener the sense of having the actual instrument in front of them. This is not nearly as useful for a voice, which basically has one sound source.
That doesn't mean you can't add a mic further back to give a natural delay and add fullness and depth to the recording. Some pros might do that, so you could've seen it in a video. It's a common procedure for classical recordings that are done in big beautiful halls with characteristic reverb that you really want on the recording. But it certainly isn't standard for recording a vocal in an iso booth, and if your room isn't wonderful sounding there's really no point in it, because you can add that delay and depth after the fact with nudging and reverb.
bigwillz24
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jake-owa said:
Did you even read the rest of the post? I didn't give him bad information I gave an answer to the question he asked to the best of my ability and the only way I knew how to explain it.
Sorry if me trying to help is getting on your ever so special nerves.
FUCK YOU
jake-owa
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Ok, I have a new sig....bigwillz24 said:
bigwillz24
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jake-owa said:
I love you to bitch
KISS MY ASS JAKE YOU UNWIPED SHITTY ASSHOLE
jake-owa
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FYI...
Stereo mics
http://www.micsupply.com/nt4wmount.jpg
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00009OTF6.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://scotthelmke.com/stereo-mic-closeup.jpg
It's not some magical moving mic with swooshing sounds or anything like that.
Stereo mics
http://www.micsupply.com/nt4wmount.jpg
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00009OTF6.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://scotthelmke.com/stereo-mic-closeup.jpg
It's not some magical moving mic with swooshing sounds or anything like that.
bigwillz24
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jake-owa said:
Look it was explained to me that way and a demonstration was done with a guitar thats what the damn microphone sounded like to me. Everytime he slid the hand down the fret board the sound panned from one speaker to the other.
Now how easy was that man for you to give some insight instead of a insult? Man your a fucking turd.
jake-owa
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Nice editing there wigout.
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Gore
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scrubs said:Why do you want to do this? What do you think will be better about 2 mics compared to 1? I don't get it. I mean, an amp or drumset, or even an acoustic guitar, are relatively large instruments with sound emanating from many different places (hence the use of multiple mics to capture more of the "whole picture"). The voice comes from your throat and out your mouth (a relatively small source -- at least for most of us). You put a mic in front of it and you're done.
I mean, if you want to experiment with it, good luck to you. However, like I said in the other thread, this is rarely done with vocals, most likely because it only complicates matters and rarely improves things.
Maybe a natural, 1 take chorus effect on the vocals
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