Quote:
Originally Posted by gurubuzz  Ms requires 2 microphones.
one Figure of 8 and another Omni
the figure of 8 has the side of the capsule pointing at the source
and the omni sits right on top with the face of the capsule pointing to the
source.
the MS decoder puts the figure of 8 to the left , flips the polarity of the 8 in the right. or vice versa and then has the omni paned dead centre.
The Idea is that when you go mono it cancels the figure of eight and you have a solid mono signal left behind... |
Yes - but it's more normal to use a Cardioid for the mid mic.
Using an omni as the mid gives you two cardioid mics back to back pointing away from each other when matrixed to stereo.
To split the fig-8.
One way is to plug it into a channel of the mixer - take a direct out and plug it into the next channel polarity-reversed. This can either be done with a polarity-reverse switch on the mixer or by polarity reversing in the cable. (polarity-reverse is sometimes called phase-reverse, but the latter is not really technically correct).
The two levels have to be exactly the same.
The best way to do this is to set up the first channel panned centre. Then set the main fader of the second channel to exactly the same level (also panned centre) and then adjust the gain control until you hear nothing at all - the two channels are then exactly the same.
Once you have done this, pan the first full left and the polarity-reversed one full right.
The mid mic., of course, is in another channel panned centre.
I hope this is clear.