**Crosssposting from Mics & Setup thread**
I happen to prefer L for M and R for S. "Left/right" and "mid/side" are the order in which I normally say those two pairs of things; I find that the association makes more sense that way.
But whichever way you do it isn't actually important to the result, as long as you write down what you did--and keep what you wrote (and read it, and check your wiring when you hook up the matrix for playback).
I aim the 0-degree axis of the figure-8 microphone to the left. That actually matters. M/S matrixes are always designed to follow L = M + S and R = M - S, so if S is inverted, you end up with the L and R channels reversed.
Good luck! Be sure to let us all know how it goes.
--best regards
I think I got it set up right. Now I am just trying to figure out how to mix it in Sound Forge 8.0. I found the menu of Pan/Expand there are a few system presets in the drop down menu:
-Compress Stereo Image
-Expand Stereo Image
-Left to Right (Exponential)
-Left to Right (Linear)
-Normal Mix of M/S recording (L-Mid, R-Side)-Right to Left (Exponential)
-Right to Left (Linear)
I was previewing the
Normal Mix of M/S recording and it sounds pretty good. Guess that is the selection that I want. However, when looking at the L&R wave files, it looks as if the Right channel has a much flatter frequency and appears to be roughly 2db lower than the Left channel. The bass and mids seem to be a bit lower in the right channel now. Is it normal to look like that? I don't know how to change ratios to increase or decrease the mid or side. Below the presets menu there is a process mode dropdown menu offering me the opportunity to go beyond the factory presets and adjust the sound to my liking.
Here are the choices:
-Pan (Preserve Stereo Separation)
-Pan (Mix Channels before panning)
-Stereo Expand
-Mix M/S Recording to left and right channels
Either way, I am STOKED. Learn something new everyday. Plus this 24bit stuff rawks.
Topic: M/S and Sony Sound Forge 8.0 (Read 1423 times)