Coincidental - Xy Or Crossed Pairs - Miktek C7 Owner's Manual

Applications Guide

Coincidental - XY or Crossed pairs

Coincidental microphone set ups are where the two microphones' capsules
are set close together on the same axis The most common of these is XY or
crossed pairs In the XY set up, the two microphone capsules are positioned
on the same axis, one directly above the other with the capsules positioned
on an angle from 90 to 120 degrees The wider the angle, the wider the
stereo spread Since the microphones are set on the same axis, the distance is
constant and there's little or no delay difference Therefore, the stereo image
is created by the level difference of the left and right microphones Since there
is no appreciable delay, there is less of a chance for phase cancelation and
comb filtering so you can good results when the stereo signal is combined to a
mono signal
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MS – Mid side
The Mid side technique makes use of two microphones, with one figure-8
and a second mic either cardidod or omni , or two figure-8 pick patterns The
first microphone (the mid), either figure-8, omni or cardioid microphone, is
positioned facing directly at the sound source The second microphone (the
side), with a figure-8 pattern, is positioned on the same axis directly
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