M-S Mastering

A coincident-pair stereo microphone technique using a forward-facing unidirectional, omnidirectional, or bidirectional mic and a side-facing bidirectional mic. The microphone signals are summed and differenced to produce right- and left-channel signals.

Here is a press release that I just published. I find it especially interesting and timely because I am really jacked up over OTB summing. Now this has just been released.

SPL introduces a new powerful analog tool that can manage M/S signal separation and integrate external processors seamlessly

Maybe some of you might want to chat about this here.

Didn't want to distract from the point of the other thread. Jack, have some morning juice, you're not making sense yet :D

I suppose this may be something that is obvious to most people, but I didn't think of it in advance, so I thought I would start a thread. As I mentioned in another thread, I've been recording very soft acoustic guitar in M/S with Beyer 160/130 ribbons. I decided to try recording a bit closer - moved in to about 12 inches.

I have been everywhere without a clear cut explanation.
Maybe you guys can help...

M/S Compression/Mastering/In The Box

I am looking for a definite routing scheme to use in a mastering situation.

I have one stereo track with the song loaded onto the track.
This track is output to the Master.

Hello everybody,

here is a link with three sound files (all together 19MB, so not too big)
It's a short segment of a choral recording.

1. Schoeps MK21 pair (110/30cm)
2. Sennheiser MKH30/40 MS pair (on the same bar as Schopes)
3. even Mix of MS and MK21 pairs

I've been wanting to experiment more with the Mid-Side technique, but I don't own a bi-directional / figure-8 microphone. Would I get comparable results standing in two identical cardioid LDCs for the side mic? Some provocations:

Hi

My understanding is that in mid-side stereo recording, if a stereo track gets played in mono, the side elements cancel each other out, leaving just the mid component (this arrangement aids mono-compatablity).

sorry to repeat this question from another thread, but i'd really like to know...

is there any stand alone m/s encoder in the market? a web search reveals nothing other than mic preamps and portable recorders with built in encoders...

thanks,