Interactive Display of Microphone Polarity Patterns with Non-Fixed Frequency Point

Ziegler JD, Paukert H, Runow B. Interactive Display of Microphone Polarity Patterns with Non-Fixed Frequency Point. In: AES Convention 142. Audio Engineering Society; 2017. Paper 9793. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=18667

@inproceedings{Ziegler2017_18667,
  author = {Ziegler, Jonathan D. and Paukert, Hendrik and Runow, Bernfried},
  title = {{Interactive Display of Microphone Polarity Patterns with Non-Fixed Frequency Point}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 142},
  note = {Paper 9793},
  year = {2017},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=18667}
}

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AB  - With the development of bidirectional and unidirectional microphones dating back to the 1930s, the parameter of directivity has been an integral aspect of microphone construction for nearly 100 years [1]. This characteristic is commonly visualized with the microphone’s sensitivity displayed as a radius r over a 360-degree span within a polar coordinate system. Measured directivity is generally shown as an overlay of well-defined frequencies [2]. Although this is common practice, in-depth analysis of the actual performance of a microphone is difficult. In this paper, a novel approach to displaying the directional characteristics of a microphone is presented, providing an interactive display of the angular sensitivity at any frequency. Furthermore, the application within microphone array development is discussed.
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