Thread: MicQuest 2015
View Single Post
  #34  
Old 01-13-2015, 12:55 PM
Doug Young's Avatar
Doug Young Doug Young is offline
Charter Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mountain View, CA
Posts: 9,916
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Trevor B. View Post
Just one question (that may betray my ignorance but here goes). By Blumlein are you referring to M/S mic placement and configurations? If so, I was under the impression that the mid mic had to be set to cardioid and only the side to figure-eight. If there's an explanation that won't bury me in technical terms I'd be very interested in reading it.
Blumlein is different from MS, it's the original stereo technique invented by Alan Blumlein. You can think of it as "XY with figure 8 mics".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blumlein_Pair
Reply With Quote