Solid State Logic Soundscape Mixer MS Decoder

Soundscape Mixpander
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MS Decoder
NOTE:TheMS(“mid‐side”)recordingtechniqueconsistsofcombining(matrixing)twosignals,
typicallyfromonecardioidandonefigureofeightcondensermicrophones,tocreateastereosignal.
Thissignaltranslateseasilyintomono(thesignalrecordedfromthefigureofeightmicrophoneis
phaseinvertedononeside,sothatwhensummingupintomonotheleftandrightsidescanceleach
otherout,whilethesignalrecordedfromthecardioidmicrophoneremainsunaffected).Itisalso
possibletocontrolthestereospreadbyvaryingtherelativelevelsofthemidandsidecomponents.
Onatraditionalmixingconsolematrixingrequiresseveralmixercolumns.IntheSSLSoundscape
Mixer,onlyonestereoin/stereooutmixercolumnwiththeMSDecoderplug‐inelementisneededto
createthestereopair,anddedicatedcontrolsalloweasyadjustmentofallparameters.
Cardioid microphone, mid signal
Figure of eight microphone, side signal