I think SF can do it natively. I forget how, but search the help file -- pretty sure it's built in somewhere...
Right you are. Pan/Expand off the process menu. Also have the Waves S1 Imager plugin that will work in sampllitude (which I use to bring in the whole 96/24 tracks, process and dither down to 16 bit), but that seems less "intuitive" than the soundforge one. Guess I'll have to go out and record a "throwaway" to play with before going out and trying it on a "keeper".
On the TLM-170, I'm assuming the front of the mic (in figure
goes to the left side, and rear to the right? I've done blum a number of times from onstage, but in the room, too much close crowd on the rear lobes - especially in venue's where the floor goes up and 5 rows back may end up higher than 6/7' mic height - so you've got folks chatting directly into your rear pattern.
I know Ratdogs sound guy runs M/S from FOH (which I would think unusual, due to how far back he is).
I was just thinking of giving it a try, just to see if there's a major difference between M/S & Blum in the final output...
Thanks for the input guys...
Rick