Mid-side is a nice micing technique for times when you're not sure what you will want to do in a mix. You can simply ignore the side mic and have mono, or dial in any stereo width you want, while staying mono-compatible. if you don't have a figure-8 mic to do this with, XY will also be 99.9% mono compatible, so you could record using XY, and decide to go mono or stereo later.
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