by Sonnova <sonnova@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Nov 25, 2007 at 01:49 PM
On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:20:12 -0800, Peter1955 wrote
(in article
<ba18e1c5-98ee-4092-b59c-c9438ca05591@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> I'm using a shotgun-microphone on my amateur videocamera. I want to
> add a small microphone with a figure-8 pattern in order to get some
> stereo side-effect (m/s). I've a small stereo-mic in stock. Is it
> possible to change this mic to a configuration with a figure-8
> pattern?
>
> Peter
Generally not. The microphone has to be designed to be a figure-of-eight
pattern (which merely means that it has equal pickup on both sides of the
diaphragm with the back being 180 degrees out of phase with the front.