Mushy Mess - no. What you end up with is along the lines of a pair of coincidently located Cardiods at 180 degrees (ie: one pointed left, one pointed right). Perhaps not that useful for most of what we do, but not a mushy mess at all.
(Sorry for replying to a VERY old thread... just doing some searching and stumbled across this one...)
- Jason
haha, likewise, ive been very out of touch lately. i got an email noticification for another thread reply, and anything that says M/S will catch my eye
While I agree with you, that 'mushy mess' is not likely, I do prefer a cardiod for the mid mic. i think its just gives it that full, clean solid baseline, that you can then "color" with the figure8. especially in fob situations, where the cardiod is gonna grab everything coming off the stage. i dont think its possible for a tape made any other way to stack up to a good M/S. (especially when you can 'dial it in' to perfection _after_ the fact!)