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Convention Paper

XY and MS Microphone Techniques in Comparison

Authors: Hibbing, Manfred

AES Convention 86 · Paper 2811 · March 1989

Abstract

XY and MS microphone techniques can be considered theoretically equivalent, i.e. both signal formats can be transformed into each other, assuming ideal microphone characteristics. In practice, however, specific differences may arise between the two systems. The theoretical relationship will be derived with regard to first-order directional microphones, and the individual properties of both techniques will be described in detail. Furthermore, it will be shown that the MS technique is less prone to the imperfections of real microphones than the XY technique.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 86
AES Convention
86
Paper number
2811
Publication date
March 6, 1989
Session subject
Recording (Microphones/Applications)
Affiliation
Sennheiser Electronic KG, Wedemark, W. Germany (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper