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Why? How? Where? When? I was mic'ing a guitar amp with stereo mic's once and a real engineer walked up and asked me WHY I was mic'ing a mono source with stero mic's. I said something like, I don't know, because I'm stupid. I just saw the Rode NT5 Stereo Pair for $300.00 in the American Music Supply catalog which is what made me think of this topic.
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I'm not an engineer, but I have two AKG mic's that I use in recording voice. I run two tracks simultaneously on ONE voice, and then afterwards I adjust the settings to add warmth to the recording. I'm not going to try to talk technical talk because I go by ear, I put the highs and lows at different levels for each track and it makes the vocal sound fuller.

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[quote]Originally posted by TheWewus: [b]Why? How? Where? When? I was mic'ing a guitar amp with stereo mic's once and a real engineer walked up and asked me WHY I was mic'ing a mono source with stero mic's. I said something like, I don't know, because I'm stupid. I just saw the Rode NT5 Stereo Pair for $300.00 in the American Music Supply catalog which is what made me think of this topic.[/b][/quote] [url=http://www.recordingeq.com/EQ/req0600/stereogt.htm]Good article here[/url]

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I often double mic guitars, typically using a 57 and a sennheisser 409. Sometimes they get panned, sometimes not, but the combination of the two mics cn add a thickness a single mic cannto achieve once properly time aligned. Also, since each speaker will have it's own characteristic sound, blending them gives a multitude of options for tone prior to eq. FWIW, IMHO the NT5 is a painfully bright mic with little to no use for high end recordings. I tried them on several occaisions on a viriety fo insturments and did not find one application that the sound was pleasing. Hope this is helpful.

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This reminds me of those rode ads where they picture the rode nt3 mic next to the akg c1000(not that great of a mic). I was suprised when I heard the nt4 and nt5 (improved from the nt3). They don't even sound as good as the c1000! What were they thinking? The casing is a little nicer on the rode though.

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If you read interviews with sound engineers some of them play with angle/distance of mics on guitar amps for hours. Regardless of it being a mono source, each capsule of your stereo mic is going to hear something slightly different, and output something slightly different, so you're inevitably going to get a fuller sound. Ask your "real" engineer why he buys a separate preamp when there's one built into the board. :p

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