kevdurr Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Hi I will admit but I'm a new Zaxcom user and I purchased a Maxx recently. It is possible to record and monitor encoded MS in the Maxx? If so how? I have checked the forums and I'm seeing some mentions of M/S monitoring but I'm not seeing any detailed info on how to encode MS in Maxx in 96kHz. I emailed support and they told me I should be doing this in post. I was hoping Zaxcom could perform a simple MS task like most audio recorders do like a Sound Devices, Zoom, or Tascam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinTheMixer Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Hi, The example given in the Nomad manual is: If card track 1 is the mid And card track 2 is the side Then, left hp is 1&2 And right hp 1&2 with phase reversed on 2 You reverse phase by pressing star key in hp matrix menu. Let me know if that doesn't work. Sincerely, Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerascal Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 What martin wrote for listenining encoded MS, plus make the same on Main OUT 1&2 matrix: mic1 (mid) mic2(side) to OUT1 mic1 and mic2 (phase reversed) to OUT2 and then record card3=OUT1 and card4=OUT2 to record decoded MS stereo signal. So you'll have encoded MS on card 1&2 (mid on1 and side on2) and decoded stereo signal on card 3&4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinTheMixer Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 23 minutes ago, zerascal said: What martin wrote for listenining encoded MS, plus make the same on Main OUT 1&2 matrix: mic1 (mid) mic2(side) to OUT1 mic1 and mic2 (phase reversed) to OUT2 and then record card3=OUT1 and card4=OUT2 to record decoded MS stereo signal. So you'll have encoded MS on card 1&2 (mid on1 and side on2) and decoded stereo signal on card 3&4 Zerascal, My music experience is limited to singing in the shower, but, if you forgot to do the routing as you mentioned, couldn't you do all that in post? Or am I thinking wrong? All that stuff you mentioned, Sound Devices is doing that with just a setting? Yes? Sincerely, Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerascal Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Yep Martin, all that could and should be done in post, you just need to record Mid on card 1 and Side on card 2. The method I described with OUT1&2 is to deliver a stereo mix (if no post for example) that couldn't be change or adjust later. Indeed SD has a setting for doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinTheMixer Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Zerascal, ok. And just to make sure in case a beginner is reading this in the future, or now I guess, we are referring to card track 1 and card track 2, this is not referring to recording to different data cards. I know to all of us this is obvious, but when your a beginner, sometimes things sound confusing. I know I have explained things either to a beginner or a non sound person in production, and the explanation made sense to me, but they were confused. They had that look. And doesn't everyone's explanation make sense to themselves? Ha. I have told someone "that's a digital mic" and they say "so it plugs into usb?" Or they say, "aren't all mics digital now"? I like that one. Sincerely, Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerascal Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 yes you're right, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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