Yesterday, I tried the #Zoom #M3 #microphone / #recorder on my camera.

Today I noticed I had the stereo width set to 120°. So I decided to try the #MidSide raw files and adjust the stereo width in post.

The M3 always stores 32bit float WAV stereo at the setting used, and additionally a “RAW” file without processing, a 32bit WAV in which left channel is mid, right channel is side.

At first, I used a plugin called MS2ST. Didn't work properly, actually I don't know what it was trying to do. Now using good old #SteveHarris “Matrix: MS to Stereo” which does it!

I am learning that the result sounds a lot different than what I have heard being there myself. Part of it is that the M3 is just two cheap shitty mics in one chassis together with a recorder. The position of the mic on the camera also is not great. And I'm also not sure if it really uses an omni mic for the mid channel.

Yet for anything serious I'd do a multi-track recording anyways.

#recording #audioengineering #tontechink #LinuxAudio