[Scott Fraser]

Remember, the M-S pair is functionally identical to a pair of
coincident cardioids once it's decoded.
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Last week I decided to do a solo guitarist in MS instead of my usual
coincident or near coincident approach. A TLM193 was the Mid, a C414
in figure 8 with the front aiming left was the Side, out about 4 feet
in front of the guitar. Using the MS decoder plug in in Digital
Performer it just didn't sound right at all, & a stereo scope
confirmed essentially random phase, looking very much like spaced
omnis. Switching out to an XY pair of TLM193s restored a familiar
sense of stereo & a very familiar stereo diagonal pattern on the
scope. So why didn't the MS equal XY when decoded? Is this plug in not
implemented right? I didn't try manually setting up an MS decoder with
a duplicate Side track, but how can it be done wrong in a plug in?

Scott Fraser