On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 10:04:46PM +0100, Paul Hodges wrote: > --On 05 July 2013 20:54 +0000 Fons Adriaensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>1) two coincident hyper cardioids > >> > >My preferred one. Iff the mics are available. If not, > >see below. > > I commonly do that too (from the B-format, of course!),
With very few exceptions, whenever I have to produce stereo from a B-format recording (with the mic placed to optimise the Ambisonic rendering), I end up with two virtual hypercardioids at 120 degrees or so. > but also > Blumlein, depending on the room. Crossed hyper-cardioids is similar > to MS with a front-facing cardioid, of course, as another > alternative if no hyper-cardioids are available. > > As for spaciousness, which is usually associated with spaced mics, I > suggest that out-of-phase components also contribute (which Bob > Katz's comments seem to my mind to support). They certainly do. You'd want more or less random phase for the diffuse part of the reverb. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
