THE RADIO SHACK STEREO MICROPHONE

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I bought this particular stereo mic in 1986 and I still own two of the three units that I used to shoot vhs stereo sound videos in Panasonic and RCA units. Even on the linear stereo portable Panasonics and their clones from other manufacturers, I recorded phenomenal "broadcast quality" sound. Unlike many built in mics, thi s unit could record musical instruments with finesse. I also used these mics on vhs hi-fi units as well. I did get matrix surround effects with the mics too. I should have done more experimenting with the stereo pattern of the two mic heads perhaps opening them up wider but I recently examined some recordings that I transferred to a dvd-r and was very pleased with the result.

This mic was of the carotoid variety but still picked up sounds from its back thus giving some surround matrix effects. Some mics are so unidirectional that you will only get frontal stereo with no back surround effects.

This microphone might be able to be used on digital point and shoot cameras that have a microphone input and record in stereo sound.

I did try two omnidrectional microphones at that time. I thought I was going to get some enormous stereo imaging but that was not the case. In fact it seems that the mic must be a caratoid type to accomplish stereo imaging.