Topic: mid-side f-up help needed!

[tgakidis]

Ran my mini-mp for the third time the other night.  Ran 5' split sub cards on stage for Club d'Elf.  After the first set i realized that i had it set in the mid-side mode.  So baiscly it is a sub card recording that has undergone m/s decoding.  It sounds ok, but not as nice as the 2nd set when i ran the mmp in stereo recording.  Is there any software that will go from decoded L/R channels back to M/S channels or do add this to my lessons learned category and move on.  Clearly I have added yet another item to my "pre hit the record button" check list.

Thanks in Advance, Ted

[JasonSobel]

just for the benefit of the forum and other people who might run into this in the future, I'll repeat what I just sent to Ted in an email:

Voxengo (the same guys who make r8brain) makes a great little M/S
plug-in, available for free here:
http://www.voxengo.com/product/msed/

it has three modes: decode, encode, and inline.  decode is used to
decode a M/S signal to L/R.  encode takes a L/R signal and encodes
back to M/S, and inline allows you to adjust the mid-side ratio in a
signal that has already been decoded to L/R (essentially encodes the
L/R signal back to M/S and then re-decodes it to L/R again, but in one
simple easy step).

So, in this case, you want to use the encode function, to encode your
signal back to M/S (which really was L/R that never should have been
decoded in the first place).

[tgakidis]

Nice!!  Figured out how to use plug-ins, never used them before.  Worked with soundforge but i just needed to boost the volume by 6dbs.  It may not be exactly what the original should of sounded like, but it's a damn big improvement!!  Thanks alot Jason!  I love this hobby, I learn new shit everyday!!! Plus TTTTT