Mid Side recording question

[its2loud]

You could try the following steps.

Create 1 aux track (Side input 1), assign the input to the mic input of the S mic.
Create another aux track(Side input 2,) assign the input to the same mic input of the S mic. Reverse the phase of this signal with the trim plugin.

Create a stereo buss with the mono sub busses. "Side Rx Buss" (Side Rx L, Side Rx R)

Assign Side Input 1 Aux output to the L mono Side Rx Buss
Assign Side Input 2 Aux output to the R mono Side Rx Buss.

Create a new audio track. Assign the input of the audio track to Side Rx Buss.

Record the signal on this track.

[Top Jimmy]

Originally Posted by Dave S.

Hey Top Jimmy,

Your replies come across as combative and short. I wasn’t trying to tell you to go read the manual for the R88, so sorry if it came across that way, I meant that I could post that info if it helped since you asked how “exactly” what I was using.

Short yes. Combative no. You’re really overthinking this. I was leaving room for you to have your own epiphany rather than holding your hand.

Mid input to a mono track. Side input to a second mono track. Put a Mono/Stereo plugin on the side channel simply to convert it to a stereo path. If you use a plugin that also lets you invert the phase on one side alls the better, otherwise use another plugin to accomplish this. Group the channels if you want them to locked together. Bob’s your uncle.


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[Dave S.]

Originally Posted by Top Jimmy

Short yes. Combative no. You’re really overthinking this. I was leaving room for you to have your own epiphany rather than holding your hand.

Mid input to a mono track. Side input to a second mono track. Put a Mono/Stereo plugin on the side channel simply to convert it to a stereo path. If you use a plugin that also lets you invert the phase on one side alls the better, otherwise use another plugin to accomplish this. Group the channels if you want them to locked together. Bob’s your uncle.


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Yeah, I wasn’t overthinking it. I’ll save you some time and make your job easier, feel free to ignore all of my posts from now on. The AI chat bots will be here soon enough.

[Top Jimmy]

Originally Posted by Dave S.

Yeah, I wasn’t overthinking it. I’ll save you some time and make your job easier, feel free to ignore all of my posts from now on. The AI chat bots will be here soon enough.

I will respect your wishes but I still don’t believe you understand what I am talking about. A mono/stereo plugin is not a mid/side plugin. A mono/stereo plugin can be an eq, compressor or anything that simply converts the mono path of a mono track into a stereo path. Look in the plugin menu on a mono track and you’ll see some of the plugins listed as mono/stereo type. These simply convert the single mono path into stereo for stereo or dual mono processing.


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[Top Jimmy]

For clarity. A mono/stereo plugin triggers a feature in the Pro Tools mixer that converts a mono path into a stereo path.


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[Dave S.]

Originally Posted by Top Jimmy

For clarity. A mono/stereo plugin triggers a feature in the Pro Tools mixer that converts a mono path into a stereo path.


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You’re right, I wasn’t understanding what you meant, I apologize for the defensive response on my part. I was a little irked from JFreaks response and should’ve waited until it wore off. I will give that a try and see if I can make it work, thanks for the info.

[Crank]

Originally Posted by Top Jimmy

Mid input to a mono track. Side input to a second mono track. Put a Mono/Stereo plugin on the side channel simply to convert it to a stereo path. If you use a plugin that also lets you invert the phase on one side alls the better, otherwise use another plugin to accomplish this. Group the channels if you want them to locked together. Bob’s your uncle.


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That's elegant.
A good plugin choice is Mod Delay III mono/stereo. Set Left & Right MIX to DRY and Invert the polarity on one of the Input Ø buttons.

[SBP]

Hi Back to your original question which I think was "is there a way to decode MS on a single stereo track with stock pro tools settings"

[Edit, I see now that this was not your original question, however I will leave my answer incase it helps in some way]

As far as I know this is not possible.

There are free plug ins I have used a HOFA 4U Meter, Fader & MS-Pan a fair bit.

https://hofa-plugins.de/en/plugins/4u/

Works very well.

Hope this helps.

PS Yes there are also ways to make this work with the mid side content on three mono tracks bussed to a stereo routing folder bus track as well which is how I have been managing this recently.

[Dave S.]

Originally Posted by Crank

That's elegant.
A good plugin choice is Mod Delay III mono/stereo. Set Left & Right MIX to DRY and Invert the polarity on one of the Input Ø buttons.

As Top Jimmy mentioned, and using Mod Delay III, it works great. Thank you!

[Top Jimmy]

Originally Posted by Dave S.

As Top Jimmy mentioned, and using Mod Delay III, it works great. Thank you!