I'm about to record some pieces for a calssical/acoustic duo (piano, double bass) and I was thinking about trying a pair of 414 TL II as a stereo pair; I know the mics but I have never used them in this position; I usually set up my main stereo pair in a ORTF pattern.
Any advices, or good/bad experiences?

Thanx :)

How do you guys proceed when the stereo bus is "clipping"?
Lower each fader by the same amount?
Lower each fader by individual amounts?
Lower the master fader?

Looking for a new compressor for "home" mastering-So nothing above $2k --so maybe in the price range of $600-1000...an early EMT,Altec,Urei,Orban, dbx all seem to be in that price...on the new front Buzz, Alesis CLX 440, SPL,Dramer_____ maybe wait for a used Avalon 747, Manley, Cranesong,,,probably never in that price range andworking . so whats a poor boy to do?

Stereo Interleaved to Dual Mono

Can it be done with commands/Ketstrokes, or do you just reord back to 2 tracks?

Thanks,

Frank

Anyone tried this and what do you think?

1] In your mixer, pan the first piece (1&2) as a normal stereo track of music, hard left and right.
2] Next, pan the second track (3&4) dead center for both channels. This will make the track mono.

How to get a stereo recorded ac.guitar sound brighter without getting problems with the phase?
I use a delay (10 ms) or predelay for the Left track.It sounds different but good.
Your opinions ?

I recently did a rough mix of a song called "Propaganda".

It can be found at The Speed of Sound

I'm having difficulty getting the stereo field as large as I would like it. Is this an issue of mixing, or should I let the mastering house deal with it?

The singer will be coming in to lay down vocals tonight. I sang on this version, just as a reference for myself.

I'm thinking my life would be much easier (and cheaper) if I didn't bother with recording stereo pairs of anything, even overheads. I'm working with 1/2" 8 track, so preserving tracks before I have to bounce is of interest to me, but I could see for rock and pop stereo Micing could be unnecessary.

I've been designated as the one to learn the ropes in Sound Reinforcement at my place of employment. So far, I've done sound for Joe Lovano, Leo Kottke and Tommy Makem, so I'm not a complete novice. I just feel that way sometimes. I'd like to appeal to the collective wisdom regarding the advisability of Mono vs Stereo PA setup.