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Originally Posted by PVAUDIO  These techniques all sound correct, but there is something I do that I don't think anyone mentioned. After I flip the phase on one of the side mics, I listen in mono, bring one side to 0 then I bring the other side up untill they cancel out completely. Then I switch back to stereo and blend In the mid mic. |
You shouldn't have to do this though because since they are the same file panned and 1 flipped phase...they should always 100% of the time cancel at the same volume.
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Originally Posted by RKrizman I've never understood why you need special software for M/S recording. My understanding is that you copy the S figure 8 mic to two tracks, hard pan, and flip the phase on one channel. Bring the M mic up the middle. Is this not correct?
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I think one of the reasons for a decoder is so you can listen to it in proper M/S while you are playing the original file. Other than that, I guess if you had to automate then with a decoder you would only automate mid and side and if you did it manually you would have to automate the mid and 2 sides (unless you bussed them to 1 track instead). Again...small gains but that's the only reasons I can think of.
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