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Old 08-03-2010, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug Young View Post
yep. There's a few other spots, too. They might not be edits, but it's so abrupt, and the sound just shifts dramamtically from being slightly left-centered to almost entirely on the right, and then back. Maybe it's the just the strength of the strums, but it reminds of edits I've heard (and even tried to do myself) from multiple takes where the stereo field has changed.
I think these kinds of moving image problems are one reason for preferring real stereo mic techniques.

And I wouldn't necessarily agree that stereo mic arrangements require a large distance. One rule of thumb says the distance should equal the length of the source, so a couple of feet would cover most guitars.

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