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Depends on what you are recording whether mono or stereo might be better. For solo voice for example mono probably better (or at least safer). For acoustic guitar for example stereo rules.
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I have been listening to stereo recordings for a long time, since I was 12 years old in 1960. So it's hard for me to think of stereo as some kind of hoax. My dad's first hi-fi system was a mono system, but he used two speakers. Then he changed to stereo and I noticed that it instantly sounded better to me. Even my dad thought it sounded better, and he was the one who resisted stereo for so long.
I guess we each have our preferences, but I really like stereo recordings. All the more modern stuff -- surround sound and such -- just seems like gimmicks to me, but not stereo. Regarding stereo mics on guitar, I have to agree with Derek that spaced mics on a guitar, at least in my opinion and experience, do sound better than X-Y mics. I recorded with X-Y aimed mics for quite a while. I like the additional separation from spaced pair mics. - Glenn
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There's a lot of gold in a well-miked mono anything. As far as I'm concerned, in most situations there's one best spot to place a mic. With stereo, neither mic is in that spot.
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And by the way - in my opinion, mono isn't any more realistic than stereo: neither method sounds quite like how we actually hear sound with two ears and the way our brain processes it. But most people find stereo more interesting because in many ways it's bigger than life. |
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I spoke to the mics/sound hole/tone. But as to the dynamics all I offered was just put a little more into [the playing on] the soft stuff. |
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While of course everyone is entitled to their own opinions. But I wonder if that view of what stereo is perhaps based in a couple of misconceptions of how human hearing actually works related listening to a solo guitar in a room ? Because in a room (listening to solo acoustic guitar ) what one hears is mix of both direct and reflected sound . Which means what you hear naturally in a room from a guitar is not a single point source, it is a multi point source . Which means when the sounds reach a humans two ears with binaural hearing, the effect is considered stereophonic not monophonic . And while a mono recording can certainly be great and is arguably the cleanest reproduction having no possible multi mic phase factor , it could be said to perhaps be not as natural as a well done stereo recording, especially as you said when heard via headphones or earbuds Quote:
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