In the Light of 5.1 Surround: Why "AB-Polycardioid Centerfill" (AB-PC) is Superior for Symphony-Orchestra Recording

Pfanzagl-Cardone E. In the Light of 5.1 Surround: Why "AB-Polycardioid Centerfill" (AB-PC) is Superior for Symphony-Orchestra Recording. In: AES Convention 112. Audio Engineering Society; 2002. Paper 5565. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=11339

@inproceedings{PfanzaglCardone2002_11339,
  author = {Pfanzagl-Cardone, Edwin},
  title = {{In the Light of 5.1 Surround: Why "AB-Polycardioid Centerfill" (AB-PC) is Superior for Symphony-Orchestra Recording}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 112},
  note = {Paper 5565},
  year = {2002},
  month = apr,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=11339}
}

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AB  - Abstract: The reappearance of surround sound in the form of the DVD's 5.1 format has led sound engineers to re-evaluate current microphone techniques used for stereo recording. The author has measured various 2-channel main-microphone signals in order to prove that their correlation is strongly frequency dependent. Due to properties of the human hearing mechanism as well as standard loudspeaker playback-arrangements frequencies below approximately 800 Hz are particularly critical in terms of faithful spatial reproduction in a stereo as well as 5.1 surround environment and therefore deserve special attention already during the recording process. Conclusions from the measurements are drawn and a microphone system ("AB-Polycardioid Centerfill"), well suited for 5.1 surround is proposed.
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