Topic: Is MS technique possible w/ ua-5?

[KLowe]

SSIA.  have been thinking about getting a MS cap but not if it won't work w/ ua-5
I have been reading a lot on the technique but I guess I cannot conceptually figure out how the two lobes of the figure 8 fit in one channel. 

In post...how do you take the info from a single channel MS and then create the M+s and the M-s?  I am most familiar with CEP 2.1 but can use whatever software is easiest.  Any pointers for post mix?  Any good online tutorials?

Thanks in advance

[BayTaynt3d]

You can do MS with any two channel recorder, you just won't be able to monitor it in a MS mode. You can manually create the true L and R channels in post (use search), or you can use a plugin or some apps have built-in decoding.

[krebsy]

As tainted pointed out, with the UA-5 you will have to do the M/S > L/R in post, but that's easy.  I use Cool Edit for my decoding. Go to amplify > channel mixer.  There should be a preset for M/S > L/R. I think it defaults to equal amounts of mid and side in each channel. It's a decent starting place to experiment from.  It is possible to create some wildly different mixes, but I have found if you favor one mic too much over the other, the imaging will start to collapse.  I could send you a disc of raw M/S files if you want to try it out.

[morningdew]

One quick question.  Do I understand it correctly that the UA-5 doesn't supply phantom power to inputs 3 & 4.  So to run a third mic into the UA-5 you would have to give it seperate phantom power if it required it?

[bgalizio]

One quick question.  Do I understand it correctly that the UA-5 doesn't supply phantom power to inputs 3 & 4.  So to run a third mic into the UA-5 you would have to give it seperate phantom power if it required it?

Correct.

[morningdew]

Thanks.