Mono Vs. Stereo Sound

When recording audio, there are two main ways to record it, those being mono and stereo channels. A mono audio track is when a recording is played back through only one channel. A real world example would be a single speaker for a concert of people, where sound is only coming out of one speaker. A stereo recording is when sound is played back to recreate a sense of multi directional sound. Another difference between these two recording methods is their difficulty. For mono audio, its fairly easy to record, only requiring a single microphone to record quality audio. With stereo audio, it requires the right setup of equipment for everything to work together. One thing that I found interesting about the article is the different methods on how to record the audio, such as the X-Y technique and the A-B technique, requiring 2 different mic setups for similar sounding audio. With all of these different options for recording audio, it gives film makers a wide variety of ways to record the audio they need.