MicrophoneSystem (46)

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Artificial head

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…

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Art and Science of Immersive Recording

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:…

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Ambisonics - Tutorial

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…

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Ambisonic microphone systems you can buy

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…

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4th-Order Equatorial Ambisonic Microphone Array

4th-Order Equatorial Ambisonic Microphone Array From time to time, we scour the internet for new ambisonic microphone systems/arrays. We came across an Express Paper for the Audio Engineering Society at the 154th Convention in Espoo, Helsinki, Finland, from May 13–15, 2023. (Link to the article…

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