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Strange noises in your recordings While we were recording some tests with the ECHO projects microphone arrays, we suddenly heard some short plops in one channel. The sound was reminiscent of unplugging a connector, but at a significantly quieter volume. It occurred intermittently and then…

Schoeps KFM 360 This system was published, produced, and sold over two decades ago. However, it is very interesting and fascinating if you take a closer look. To use it, you will need an artificial head like the one shown here and two additional figure-of-eight…

PCMA-3D v2 If you're talking about immersive audio, you can't get around Hyunkook Lee's great work on this topic, which is a must-know. He made some very impressive recordings with the PCMA-3D v1. Please have a look at THIS video, to learn about this setup…

OCT-Surround OCT Surround is an extension of the OCT microphone system. The OCT-Surround is an OCT microphone system with two backward-pointing cardioids. Due to their characteristics, they effectively suppress sounds from the front. With this system, one can simply push the record button to achieve…

OCT-9 or OCT-3D The next logical step in immersive audio recording with the OCT resp. OCT-Surround setup is to record height information. Since the OCT-Surround records sound in the horizontal plane, the OCT-3D or OCT-9 setup adds sounds from above to the mix. There are…