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Mike Brown · 16th September 2008

Not sure what you mean by "the matrix" but to decode M-S without any special devices do this:

Take your mid mic and route it normally...
Take your side (the mic in Fig-8) mic and pan it left, then take a copy of the same side mic, invert the polarity, and pan it right.

You can make the copy with half-normals on the patchbay, set multiple outs of your DAW, mults, etc etc etc...

16th September 2008	#3
Mike Brown Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,188	Not sure what you mean by "the matrix" but to decode M-S without any special devices do this: Take your mid mic and route it normally... Take your side (the mic in Fig-8) mic and pan it left, then take a copy of the same side mic, invert the polarity, and pan it right. You can make the copy with half-normals on the patchbay, set multiple outs of your DAW, mults, etc etc etc...