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Coincidental - XY or Crossed pairs

Coincidental microphone set ups are where the two microphones’ capsules

are set close together on the same axis. The most common of these is XY or

crossed pairs. In the XY set up, the two microphone capsules are positioned

on the same axis, one directly above the other with the capsules positioned

on an angle from 90 to 120 degrees. The wider the angle, the wider the

stereo spread. Since the microphones are set on the same axis, the distance is

constant and there’s little or no delay difference. Therefore, the stereo image

is created by the level difference of the left and right microphones. Since

there is no appreciable delay, there is less of a chance for phase cancelation

and comb filtering so you can obtain good results when the stereo signal is

combined to a mono signal.

MS – Mid side

The Mid side technique makes use of two microphones, with one figure-8

and a second mic either cardidod or omni , or two figure-8 pick patterns. The

first microphone (the mid), either figure-8, omni or cardioid microphone, is

positioned facing directly at the sound source. The second microphone (the

side), with a figure-8 pattern, is positioned on the same axis directly

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