Soundscape Mixer Reference Guide

Soundscape Mixpander
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MS Decoder
NOTE: The MS (“mid‐side”) recording technique consists of combining (matrixing) two signals,
typicallyfromonecardioidandonefigureofeightcondensermicrophones,tocreateastereosignal.
This signal translates easily into mono (the signal recorded from the figure of eight microphone is
phaseinvertedononeside,
sothat whensummingupintomonotheleftandrightsidescanceleach
other out, while the signal recorded from the cardioid microphone remains unaffected). It is also
possibletocontrol the stereo spread by varying  the relativelevels of themidand sidecomponents.
Onatraditionalmixingconsole
matrixingrequiresseveralmixercolumns.IntheSSLSoundscape
Mixer,onlyonestereoin/stereooutmixercolumnwiththeMSDecoderplug‐inelementisneeded to
createthestereopair,anddedicatedcontrolsalloweasyadjustmentofallparameters.
Cardioid microphone, mid signal
Figure of eight microphone, side signal