Stereo Recording: 7 Mic Techniques You Need To Know!

These stereo recording techniques are simple, but powerful for creating an immersive atmosphere in your recordings! Thanks to @AustrianAudio for sponsoring this video and sending two OC818 microphones!

Austrian Audio OC818 Microphone

00:00 - Introduction
00:19 - Part I: Coincident Pair Techniques
00:45 - Technique #1: XY
02:33 - Technique #2: Blumlein
03:50 - Technique #3: Mid Side
05:57 - Part II: Near-Coincident Pair Techniques
06:30 - Technique #4: ORTF
07:37 - Part III: Spaced Pair Techniques
07:50 - Technique #5: Spaced Omni
09:02 - Part IV: Innovations In Stereo Recording
10:09 - Technique #6: StereoCreator (1 Microphone)
10:43 - Technique #7: StereoCreator (2 Microphones)

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[arturpjur]

Definitely best channel for learning audio engineering. Period.

[nunofernandes]

Great video as always. This channel is my favourite home recording tip source ever. Thank you.

[victorr]

I literally just purchased a pair of these mics right before you uploaded this video. I was so amazed by the OC818's capabilities after writing a paper on their specs for class. This video just made me even more excited to get my hands on them. Love how informative and educational your videos are!

[AustrianAudio]

Amazing Content! Thank you for showcasing our products :)

[JuraCuric]

One of the best YT channels in general, with great and useful topics! Bonus points for the clear and concise explanations :)

[DeltaWhiskeyBravo]

Great demo Kyle. Mics sound nice, your acoustic playing is great too.

[korkenknopfus]

Very educational video, that is the soul of your channel.

[clicks]

Great explanation and demonstration. The mics and your playing sound great. Thanks

[BlommaBaumbart]

This is the most pleasure with which I ever watched an advert. I just appreciate the professional but approachable tone of this channel.

[rogberube]

Excellent tutorial, Kyle. Thanks for sharing.

[warifaifai]

0:50 Amazing strum and melody! Reminds me of Real State *-*

[pickacaranddriver]

Great vid. It could probably be better if you concluded the video with comparisons of all the recordings immediately after one another with a label reminding the viewers which kind of set up it is. That would be better for listening for differences and...you might get more money for a longer vid?

[eislermarek]

Great video; very educational. Just wondering, why are you tapping your phone as you talk?

[invendelirium]

I was experimenting with inverting all of this - i made a loudspeaker that can emit stereo in these patterns. The latest one is capable of ambisonic... sadly, i've left it all unfinished because i had to leave my home in russia....

[tomburton]

Those mics are gorgeous. Still to this day wondered if I should have got them over my AKGC414's.

[a.j.musician]

Can I ask you why were you tapping on your phone constantly, is this something with gain or phase? Great videos man, I’ve found through Justin Colleti, both great YouTube Channels.

[JuraCuric]

Have you ever compared Austrian Audio OC818 to AKG C414 XLS?

A few people recommended AKG C414 XLS for recording an accordion - I even found AKG C414 XLS listed on some accordion forums as the mic to go for accordion recording.
Since my primary interest is recording an accordion, I was thinking of getting a pair of C414 XLS (stereo setup) and C 516 ML for extra bass covering (recording left hand - bass side is a little bit tricky + I like darker, bass sound)

But then I found about Austrian Audio OC818 which is well praised on every video I watched, but it seems to me that they are very similar. Even the price is around the same.

Are there any noticeable differences?

AKG C414 XLS is a well-known, legendary mic. On the other hand, OC818 designed people who initially worked for AKG.

Currently, I am leaning more towards OC818 (primarily because of various subjective reasons). If you had chance to test them both, a few words about the difference between these two would be very interesting :)

Great and helpful video BTW ;) Especialy if I get a pair of OC818-s :D

[nothingchannel]

"Can I trust this guy to know what he is talking using Reaper****..."Yes, yes I can".

[amalgami]

i could hear very little diff between the psuedo stereo and true stereo you did. I am wondering, do i need to get a pair of these or one will be enough, which will also need just 2 preamps. I want to do stereo recordings of the source as well as mono.

[tomburton]

Apologies for the silly question, but I've always wondered why you need to flip the phase on one of the sides when doing Mid-Sid. Is it just so that they disappear when summed to mono leaving only the mid channel?