5 Popular Stereo Mic'ing Techniques Explained & Compared

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Today we are going to dive into stereo pair techniques involving the use of two microphones to simultaneously record a stereo image for that rich, wide sound.
Learn more on Reverb: bit.ly/3qExvKd
Spaced Pair (A/B), X/Y Stereo Pair, & Near-Coincident Pair Mic Suggestions: bit.ly/3hah2u3
Blumlein Pair Mic Suggestions: bit.ly/3huqMhG
Mid/Side Mic Suggestions: bit.ly/3yT8DCd, bit.ly/3dSyW2H
0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Coincident Pairs
1:42 - Spaced Pair (AB)
3:32 - XY Stereo Pair
4:50 - Blumlein Pair
6:02 - Mid/Side
7:50 - Near Coincident Pairs
9:53 - Comparing All 5 Methods
10:30 - Outro

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23 июл 2024

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@craigrusse11 3 года назад

This video inadvertently demonstrates how broken the copyright claim system is... WMG have effectively decided that daring to play a drum beat to demo mic placement is fair game for a copyright claim. Is there any point playing a musical instrument on RU-vid?

@cactustactics 3 года назад

The song's intro is just that beat, so if anything getting matched shows how professional the results are! (just kidding, they'd put a claim on it if it was a baby banging saucepans)

@Sully365 2 года назад

I literally do nothing but practice improv while livestreaming as a way to learn how to play piano/keyboard and create music. i will generally practice for an hour making up beats and little 1-4 bar riffs... i'd say 50% of my practice sessions get SOMETHING flagged as copyright material and i have ot respond that it's all fabricated and that i cannot find ANY similarity with whatever claims the copyright. half the time, it is some weird obscure beat that it links me to with something like 20 views. it's nuts.

@DanceLoudMusic 3 года назад

For anyone wondering, the protractor phone app used is called Measure Box 🙂

@cactustactics 3 года назад

Oh cool, it's nice to hear them compared like that! I know they have different uses and it depends how they're mixed too, but I liked the Mid/Side one here, the spread and the tone felt really even and natural

@CBRansom35 3 года назад

Mid side - full mix/mid and sides equal volume...Bonzo in the house! Great demonstration!

@williamtell1477 Год назад

Great video guys, just what I was looking for thank you!

@voodoochili12 3 месяца назад

Great info and presentation, thanks and good job

@DRChevalier 3 года назад

Thank you. Very informative in a short time

@rowinwings2005 3 года назад

Glyn Johns technique will always be my go-to (John Bonham mic technique). Rick Beato has a great video on this recording technique.

@ethanlocke7936 2 года назад

This helped a lot thanks!

@billygewin9950 3 года назад

Thanks for this great video.

@SteveStockmalMusic Год назад

1. Awesome !!! 2. Thank you for putting the 5 examples back-to-back at the end of your video. 3. The sound of the mid-side technique reminded me of Robert Palmer’s “addicted to love”. Look it up and see if you agree with me. Thank you ladies, we need more female drummers and sound engineers. ✌️😊✌️🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

@donaldfewell8908 3 года назад

Thanks!

@CodeKyoko 3 года назад

This is a good overview but a few notes. The X/Y and Blumlein are set up incorrectly. X/Y capsules should be right on top of of each other to prevent phase cancelation at higher frequencies and the standard Blumlein has the mics at 90 degrees.

@petougao 3 года назад

There is more than that. Really a sub-par video for Reverb channel.

@petougao Год назад

@@SteveStockmalMusic more muchness.

@churlishbeardo 6 месяцев назад

My favorites were m/s full kit and that fantastic Chicago accent.

@reneaceves8820 5 месяцев назад

Without a stereo figure 8 mic how is mid-sides achieved when recording to analog tape?

@menamaged_ 2 года назад

amazing tutorial !! any one knows the app name that they are using to measure the distance ?

@NyleHamidi 2 года назад

Measure Box

@Elvis-dw7ux 3 года назад

What App.r u using at 0:56 on your phone, and, holding the 2 Mics over it? Cheers from Toronto.......RSVP....

@chromesound3654 3 года назад

Protractor Edge-angle measure. For iphone/ipad.

@SteveDyeDrummer 3 года назад

Where can I find those overhead mic stand and dual mic holders? Or are those just regular stands with “goose necks” on them. Thanks!

@DanceLoudMusic 3 года назад

They are Atlas Sound SB11WE stands. The other piece is a “stereo bar”. ♥️♥️♥️ reverb.com/p/atlas-sound-sb11we-studio-boom-microphone-stand?hfid=37277957&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0K-HBhDDARIsAFJ6UGiBbulYmUAzI4C_mHG0xF_fxnMCJKel7yF9iJabddfO1I5NzBHpuDwaAnRBEALw_wcB

@nikitam.4126 3 года назад

which app do you use for angle measurements? thnx

@uprightdoublebass 3 года назад

Neumann has one

@DanceLoudMusic 3 года назад

It’s an app called Measure Box 🙂

@metalinyourhead3604 3 года назад

Looks to be a helpful video. Also anyone else find it amusing that a lot of videos talk a lot about distance between two mic’s or their source, but literally people like Glynn Johns didn’t give a crap?

@philmartin7474 11 месяцев назад

Excellent tutorial👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍💯

@TheInsanityofGab 3 года назад

I think you tend to get better phase coherence when you stack the capsules with XY, and its also easier to setup by eye too. And this isn't really a great demonstration of the 3:1 rule with a spaced pair, because the principals of using a spaced pair on a drum set are different from the ones guiding the 3:1 rule. This demonstration would be more effective with an instrument like piano thrown in.

@BCTGuitarPlayer 3 года назад

Thanks gals;)

@phenixnunlee372 2 года назад

Honestly this just proves the spot mics drums are crazy important. None of the techniques where as good as the right spot mic.

@GearStuffandThings 3 года назад

mid/Side Wins

@GearStuffandThings 3 года назад

@@user-rc4re5fo2f subjective.

@VRcation 2 года назад

Honestly, while using the exact mic model is obviously ideal, as long as the sound signature is the same it works alright. The matched pair markup is kinda dishonest. Many mics already sound the same and if not, could be matched in post assuming they're around the same price point.

@TheWarriorSongProject 2 года назад

I'm gonna give you all a micing trick that I discovered about 15 years ago. Put your mics at Phi points anywhere in the room and they will sound fantastic.

@NkechiR 2 года назад

Please explain.

@SteveStockmalMusic Год назад

Phi as in…? Fee phi fo fun !!!

@TheWarriorSongProject Год назад

you want to find the golden ratio points in three dimensional space. I do this for my overheads and my room Mike’s. So hypothetically if your room was 13 feet wide by 13 feet long and had an 8 foot ceiling, and the drums are against the back wall, you could place your first room Mike 5 feet from the front wall, 5 feet from the left wall, and 5 feet off the floor. The right side room Mike would be 5 feet from the Front wall, 5 feet from the right wall, and 5 feet off the floor. As long as the three points that determine the location of the microphone diaphragm are all Fibonacci/golden ratio numbers derived from the size of your room.

@SteveStockmalMusic Год назад

@@TheWarriorSongProject wow !! Great answer, thank you so much !!!

@TheWarriorSongProject Год назад

My pleasure, give it a try and let me know how it works for you!