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Corey/Martin Tree Geoff Martin and Jason Corey developed this array in 1999, which uses an omnidirectional microphone and a cardioid microphone to produce a wide cardioid response. The advantage is that one can adjust the width of the wide cardioid by adjusting the relation of…

Cardioid-based surround array This microphone system should be used, when you need a very smooth and equal coverage of the soundscape around you. As you might have already guessed, this is mainly for 5.x setups. And it also has a lot of details with the…

Burmajster Array Chris Burmajster is a retired ex-DECCA engineer. He developed the Burmajster array, which consists of a regular ORTF setup with a center microphone and two rear-facing SDC cardioids. The original setup used three AKG C 414 microphones. Combining LDC and SDC microphones in…

Artificial head Several models were available in the 1970s. The vendors were the "usual suspects": Neumann, Sennheiser, and AKG. Their different approaches resulted in units that sounded unique. The Neumann KU 80, the Sennheiser MKE 2002, and the AKG D99c "Harry." All of these models…

A Meeting of Art and Science When Hyunkook Lee and Grammy Award-winning mixer/producer Andrew Scheps first connected at the AES International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio, it was the beginning of a fruitful collaboration. Andrew, impressed by Hyunkook's organ recital recording, described the experience:…