User's Manual

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Manual Decoding and Stereo Width Adjustment
If your digital audio workstation software (DAW) has no mid-side decoder, use these steps to adjust and manipulate the stereo
image:
Extract the left and right audio signals from the 2-channel Raw Mid-Side file as individual mono tracks.
Create 3 blank audio tracks:
First track
Use the audio signal (front/cardioid) from the left channel only as a mono track,
panned to the center.
Second track
Use the audio signal (side/bidirectional) from the right channel only as a mono
track, panned all the way to the left.
Third track
Copy the side/bidirectional signal from the second track. Pan this track all the way
to the right and reverse the phase.
Group the right and left side tracks, and set the volume at the same level for simultaneous adjustment. Increasing the
volume of the grouped tracks increases the stereo width, while decreasing their volume narrows the width.
Advanced tip: Using compression with a fast attack setting on the grouped tracks keeps transients (the first part of a sound, such as when a drum stick strikes
a cymbal) toward the center of the stereo image and allows them to expand within the stereo field as the sound decays.
Manual Decoding of Raw Mid-Side Audio
Monitor Mix Blend
Tap the Monitor Mix button to view monitoring controls.
Use the monitor mix slider to determine how much of each input you hear. For best results, start monitoring at the midpoint and
adjust.
Move the slider towards the microphone icon (MIC) to hear more of the currently recorded audio.
Move the slider towards the device icon (PLAYBACK) to hear more of the previously recorded audio.