capacitors become leaky... meaning they don't block DC as well... also the capacitance di-electric breaks down over time... capacitors are generally better today than twenty years ago... start with electrolytics... generally like for like... power supply filtering then signal blocking case-by-case r...

order of preference...

Overheads: e22S or R84

Snare: top-sm57 bottom-mk012

Toms: top- md421 or e22S bottom- e609S or e22S or mk012

Kick: d112 or atm25

HiHat (seldom): akg460 or mk012

-keith-

M/S is no pain in the ass with Samplitude. Just record your M and S to separate tracks, Flip the phase on the left side of the S track, even though it's a mono track, you're done... now mix to taste. the deal is, if during mix down, you can't easily create a hard panned S and inverted S from the sin...

it totally depends on your setup or need when tracking...

if once the M and S are tracked and you have the cability to also invert the SIDE, then you won't need the Matrix Box.

yeah, it's exactly the same as swapping the wires in the cable. swapping the mic cable + and - wires is inverting the signal polarity... which is the same as flipping the phase once tracked.

I've used MS often (close micing) and I've fought the skewed image some. I had attributed it to the fact that the M and one side of the S are basically in phase and they sum, whereas the inverted S and M form a difference... thus shifting the image. But now I'm thinking it's related to close micing....

Piccoman2 wrote:... I do know that a lot of thoes Josephson E22's were used on a lot of stuff. Thoes mics rule.

yea, I have a pair of e22S mics and they are absolutely great mics... they get a lot of use.

hey scott,

that's pretty good... it first struck me as what the hell (I didn't read your whole post), and then I read two bass guitars. that's cool...

would you post info on micing your band in the studio... I'm particularly interested in the kit...

great going... keep it up.