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• Manufacturer's Description

Manufacturer's description

1.

What

is

M/S

technology

?

Most

people

who

are

into

recording

music

know

about

the

M/S

microphone

technique

where

you

have

2

different

microphones

for

mid

and

side

signals.

Recording

a

signal

with

M/S

microphone

technique

means

to

create

a

stereo

(L/R)

signal

by

mixing

the

M

and

the

S

signal

together

in

a

special

way

that

will

create

a

very

mono-compatible

stereo

signal.

To

record

in

M/S

you

have

to

feed

the

M-signal

to

the

Left

and

Right

channel

of

your

mix

and

the

S-Signal

will

be

fed

phase-correct

to

the

Left-channel

and

phase-reversed

to

the

Right-channel.

This

means

you

will

have

to

split

the

S-signal

and

use

a

total

of

3

channels

for

only

2

microphones

that

will

be

mixed

together

to

a

conventional

stereo-signal.

The

bx_digital

does

all

that

work

for

you,

just

feed

it

with

the

separate

M-

and

S-microphone

signals…

For

additional

details

about

this

technique

you

may

have

a

look

into

every

decent

book

about

recording

basics

if

you

want

to

learn

more

about

this

method

to

create

very

mono-compatible

stereo-signals,

e.g.

when

recording

drums,

classical

music,

choirs

or

accoustic

instruments

in

general.

2.

What

is

M/S

good

for

in

MASTERING

?

Well,

it

may

sound

simple,

but

our

bx´s

have

a

built-in

M/S

matrix

that

will

separate

EVERY

stereo

signal

into

its

mono

sum

and

the

stereo

difference

signals.

This

way

you

are

able

to

separately

control

these

2

signals

which

can

be

very

useful

when

you

work

on

a

stereo

mix

that

has

certain

problems

or

if

you

just

want

to

enhance

certain

elements

in

the

mix.

Ever

tried

to

cut

high

frequencies

of

a

mix

to

reduce

the

essing

of

the

lead

vocals

and

AT

THE

SAME

TIME

boost

high

frequencies

of

your

harmony

instruments

(guitars,

keyboards,

pianos,

etc…

most

likely

recorded

or

mixed

in

stereo)???

Well,

with

the

bx1

/

bx_digital

and

their

M/S

mastering

mode

you

can

do

exactly

THAT!

There

is

a

reason

why

all

of

the

big

mastering

places

all

over

the

world

have

been

using

this

technique

for

decades

–

without

really

telling

anyone

about

it…