Topic: taping with one mic... acceptable?

[redbook]

Hi there,

My friend recently got a DPA mic (just one), with microdot plug and an adapter to mini (1/8") plug stereo (DAD6019).
Is it acceptable plug it and tape with only that mic and stereo plug? I know that audio won't be really stereo (dual mono chanels), but how would it affect the quality or live sound effect? Any experiences taping with one mic?

thanks

[Nick's Picks]

acceptable?
sure

desireable?
not really

[redbook]

yeah acceptable is almost everything... I meant desireable
technically I would get a single channel, but in the practice... would it sound too "plain"? too "incomplete?"
what's your experience with this kind of recordings?

[Nick's Picks]

that sounds like the way to go.

I've had stereo recordings where one channel was bad, and I just pasted the good one over the bad one and did the same thing that Moke' here has described.  it works, and it would be what I'd say is the best thing you can do w/a single channel

[RebelRebel]

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=56446.msg741568#msg741568

[Brian Skalinder]

yeah acceptable is almost everything... I meant desireable
technically I would get a single channel, but in the practice... would it sound too "plain"? too "incomplete?"
what's your experience with this kind of recordings?

I'm not a fan of dual mono unless there's no other choice.  Find out for yourself whether or not you might be happy with the results:

<1>  Go to Archive.org's Live Music Archive
<2>  Download a FLAC track from a live recording
<3>  Decompress to WAV
<4>  Open the WAV in an audio editor
<5>  Delete the L channel
<6>  Copy the R channel to the L channel so you now have a dual mono WAV
<7>  Listen to and compare the original stereo WAV v. the dual mono WAVmusic from the R channel only