What is a mid-side EQ?
Mid-Side (M/S) EQ is an equalizer process that encodes a stereo signal into separate mono and stereo channels. The mid (mono) channel contains information identical in both the left and right channels. ... The difference between the left and right channels creates a stereo signal (L-R=Side).
What is mid-side encoding?
MID-SIDE or SUM DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE. ENCODING: The left and right channels of a stereo recording are encoded to Mid and Side. M = L + R. S = L - R. DECODING.
Is Mid the same as mono?
"Mid is the sum of left and right: M = L+R (this is the same as summing L and R to mono)" - So this means that when you sum L and R, when you listen to a mix in mono (like when you hit the mono but on logic's gain plugin), you DO actually technically get all the content from both the left and right sides.