MS stereo

[Nubus]

I was thinking I may try and do a mid side stereo recording but I don't have matching mics. Do you think it would be a waste of time? I know, I should just use my ears. Just let me know if you've tried it before.

[Whoopysnorp]

Can you give me a little explanation on this mic technique? I've heard of it but I don't know the details on how to do it, or what situations might work well for it.

[dagosto]

It is usually done with a cardioid facing straight forward and a figure eight 90 degrees off axis in a coincident pair. In this method the figure eight mike must be put through an MS encoder. Basically this means the information hitting one side of the diaphram gets panned hard left anf the info hitting the other gets panned hard right. You could also double the figure eight track pan one left and one right and flop the phase of one.

This technique can also be fudged by using two more cardioid mics instead of the figure eight, one facing left and the other (you guessed it) facing right. Adjust the panorama accordingly.