On Sat, 5 May 2001 09:44:09 -0700, "Mike Rehmus"
>Someone once said that a 'stereo' shotgun microphone was an oxymoron.
Yes. The only one I know of is made by Audio Technica, and I
have no idea how it works..
>Does
>the same comment apply to separate shotguns? How do you deploy them?
I use two short shotguns (Sennheiser MKE-300s or
Sony ECM-Z157s) on a bracket that holds them at
different levels, pointed either slightly crossed
or slightly diverging (reversing the channels, if
crossed). The sound is not true stereo, but each
mic picks up a bit different signal, giving the
impression of stereo width rather than the
narrowness of true mono - while keeping some
directionality in the pickup pattern.