MS Stereo Miking for overheads

[SorenP]

haha that's comforting.

Yeah I recommend testing it out and playing with it a bit before you try it in a session for sure, doesn't work on every sound but it's a cool one to have in your bag of tricks.

[smopo24]

Originally Posted by abarnett

When I've used MS, its been on live tracking with everyone in the same room. I've unfortunately never gotten to record a band with drums that didn't want all the amps with the drummer.

However, the MS technique is great. I highly recommend using that for spatial depth over eq. The less eq I have to use, the better my mixes will turn out.

Keeping the drums and amps separate makes more sense......if you wanted to play live with some good headphones. Sometimes that interferes with the "vibe," but I'd usually prefer a bit of bleed to the performance suffering. And I agree about using less eq. It's odd how some people think that they have to use it on every track. If I can get away with not using any at all, I just won't touch it.