GolfPutter wrote:Unfortunately rawac your forgetting that RME hardware / software isn't solely used for listening to music, however its used extensively in post production settings. ...
I haven't forgotten that. I played back an existing recording because I don't have a bidirectional microphone. Generating the file was my "post" production.
The [Decode M/S] option is there to ensure that, when M is on channel 1 and S is on channel 2, the center is vertical as usual. Only then does it make sense to enable the option; during recording, post production and listening.
If you send the two signals to a normal oscilloscope, L to the horizontal axis and R to the vertical axis, it shows a diagonal line when L = R, i.e., correlation = 1.

In the case of an M/S arrangement, however, M = vertical axis and S = horizontal axis, a vertical line is created from the center (M changes, S remains 0).

GolfPutter wrote:...
Regarding the X/Y mode, humans don't think in 45degree angles they think in left right and up down. Audio faders are left and right not -45degrees and +45degrees. Having one scope in vertical and the other in horizontal is jarring both visually and mentally.
As GolfPutter already wrote, this fits better and is more intuitive. What comes from the center is displayed as coming from above.
That's why, in Audio Vector Scopes, the oscilloscope tube was rotated by 45° (before the digital age), which was easy to do mechanically, but is stupid in a digital device with a pixel screen. It is easier to leave the screen normal and calculate the rotation.

If you switch Digicheck setting [Decode M/S] to On, the graphic rotates 45° back.

If you absolutely want the classic oscilloscope display, for whatever reason, you can switch on [X/Y-Mode]. DigiCheck then sends L to the horizontal axis and R to the vertical axis. If you enable [X/Y-Mode] too, it rotates another 45° more.

If RME would fulfill the above request to turn this up, the result would be:

Absolutely identical to L/R Audio Vector Scope (see above). In my opinion, makes not really sense. If 2 Vector Audio Scopes do display different shapes from the same input, it's because other options in the Audio Vector Scope Settings are different.
In the first screenshot from GolfPutter the shapes are equal:

Only the calculation of the correlation -0.05 goes wrong, because Digicheck uses the formula for M/S input, but the input is L/R.
As an aside: Vinyl stereo records are actually also M/S arrangements, only rotated: M is horizontal, S is vertical. This is because mono came first and was recorded horizontally. But in the turntable's stereo pickup the coils are already arranged at 45° angles, so that it directly outputs L and an R signals. This also applies to many radio signals, so that old or simple mono receivers continue to work.
Ralf
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