I want to try and record a vocal on a stereo track. I have several microphones ( not of them are the same!). If necessary, I will get two identical microphones. I was wondering what is the proper setup ( angles, space between the two) for the microphones.
I have pretty good acoustic. My goal is recording vocals in stereo and compare them with mono takes as solo and in my mix.
I just learned from a website:
"In a nutshell, mic up the voice with 1 mic facing the singer (in cardioid) and place a 2nd mic right near the first, but in figure-8 with the diaphragms perpendicular to the source.
Record.
You can then “decode” the M/S by copying the figure-8 track to a new, 3rd track, reversing its phase, panning it hard left (or, I believe, panning it opposite the direction the “front” of the figure-8 mic is facing) and then panning the original figure-8 track hard right.
which describes angles and distances; and you’ve read something like this too:
which briefly covers the pros and cons of each method.
Personally, I experimented with a number of techniques before developing my own method of recording vocals in stereo. Should you “go by the book”? It’s a good place to start, but you might invent/discover something you like more.