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gwailoh · 12th July 2006

Are there issues to be aware of re compressing M/S signals? For instance if you're tracking through two mono compressors with a "link" function, are there special implications of linking the mid and side mics as you would an X/Y pair or a spaced pair? I've no idea what compression will do to the phase relationships which generate the stereo picture.

I note that there's an M/S option for Manley's Vari-Mu. Anybody using this for tracking?

Thanks!

12th July 2006	#1
gwailoh Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 812 Thread Starter	compressing mid-side stereo Are there issues to be aware of re compressing M/S signals? For instance if you're tracking through two mono compressors with a "link" function, are there special implications of linking the mid and side mics as you would an X/Y pair or a spaced pair? I've no idea what compression will do to the phase relationships which generate the stereo picture. I note that there's an M/S option for Manley's Vari-Mu. Anybody using this for tracking? Thanks! __________________ "Go back and re-mix your fav test mix making sure that at every place in all chains (including between all plug-ins) level never gets bigger than -6dBr. Make sure your final output also never peaks beyond -6dBr. Now do the comparison between this ITB mix and a similar OTB mix. You might have a big surprise." - Paul Frindle