Mono Vs Stereo Room Mic

Mono microphones also known as directional microphones put very simply a mono microphone uses a single microphone capsule to record a single track of audio.

Mono vs stereo room mic.

If you record in mono then copy and paste that recording into a new track it will just make the recording louder rather than fuller. Mono microphones can also pick up sounds at a greater distance than stereo microphones again because their pickup pattern is more focused and extraneous noise is reduced. And stereo stereophonic are classification of sound. With true stereo recordings two mics will capture a more realistic sounding audio like the instrument is there in the room.

Stereo microphones stereo microphones have two microphone elements and are designed to give you a wider more immersive sound field than mono microphones. Keep in mind duplicating a mono recording will not make it a stereo recording. Stereo microphones stereo microphones have two microphone elements and are designed to give you a wider more immersive sound field than mono microphones. This one capsule is almost always facing forward designed to be pointed at the desired sound source and for this reason mono microphones are also known as directional microphones.

I enjoy a mono room mic anywhere from 6 20 feet back 4 10 feet high dead center on the drums.