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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:…

Ambisonics - Tutorial Sometimes you get known to a person and get new information. We have decided not to create another introduction or tutorial on ambisonics. There are already so many of them, some of which are quite good, so there is no need for…

Ambisonic microphone systems you can buy Zylia ZM-1 If you have some money saved up and are looking for an extraordinary high-order ambisonic microphone system, you may want to try this: People sometimes sell the Zylia ZM-1 on eBay for an attractive price because they…