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JACKVILLE Location: Canada Posts: 23	Posted - Mon Mar 17, 2003 2:42 pm  Hi ! do you guys prefer record your voice mono or stereo for imaging? Have a good day!
VoodooRadio Location: USA Posts: 3971	Posted - Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:17 pm  With the exception of "effects" track, I work almost exclusively in MONO. FWIW, I do like to use "stereo" effects and will often clone a track and convert to stereo to apply an effect. _________________ I said Good Day! Voodoo
JACKVILLE Location: Canada Posts: 23	Posted - Mon Mar 17, 2003 6:56 pm  All right ! thanx for your reply.
ozpeter Location: Australia Posts: 3200	Posted - Mon Mar 17, 2003 11:25 pm  Depends on context, I'd say. With a stereo recording you will be bound to get more of the room, but you will get more of a sense of place. I once had to record a very famous musician reminiscing about his long life, in his lounge, and did it in stereo so that the listener felt he was there in the room with him. But normally, you'd want the more direct mono sound for greatest clarity and least background noise. (Of course stereo can always be mixed down to mono if you change your mind afterwards.) - Ozpeter
Craig Jackman Location: Canada Posts: 909	Posted - Tue Mar 18, 2003 5:33 am  If you're just recording voice, mono tracks are half the size of stereo tracks. They take up less space, and in theory, transforms are faster. The problem becomes in adding effects. On a mono track, reverb will be mono ... I know that seems obvious, but you'd be surprised at what some people think. In context of radio work, I don't think mono reverb sounds that bad, depending on what you're trying to do. In my situation, all my voice tracks are mono. If I need a stereo effect (reverb, echo, chorus) I'll run it through an outboard hardware effects box and record that. Others I work with here do absolutely everything in stereo. It depends on your ear and what you like. _________________ Craig Jackman Production Supervisor CHEZ/CKBY/CIOX/CJET/CIWW Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
VoodooRadio Location: USA Posts: 3971	Posted - Tue Mar 18, 2003 6:16 am  Quote: The problem becomes in adding effects. On a mono track, reverb will be mono ... How appropriate (and ironic).... there's an ECHO, echo, echo..... in here. _________________ I said Good Day! Voodoo
Hamish B Posts: 6	Posted - Thu Mar 20, 2003 3:46 am  I record in 2 track mono...Im interested to learn that some folks are using 2 mics to record a single point source... I suppose if you move your head while talking you could get some cool effects on the pan!
ozpeter Location: Australia Posts: 3200	Posted - Thu Mar 20, 2003 7:12 am  Being picky, in real life, there's no such thing as a single point source. - Ozpeter
VoodooRadio Location: USA Posts: 3971	Posted - Thu Mar 20, 2003 7:23 am  Quote: Im interested to learn that some folks are using 2 mics to record a single point source... It not that surprising at all. I think the majority of users here use "multiple micing" techniques with regularity. _________________ I said Good Day! Voodoo
Hamish B Posts: 6	Posted - Thu Mar 20, 2003 8:20 am  All the Vos I know use 1 mic...and record in dual mono for radio imaging.
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