Surround Array Design, was Re: Do we still love the NT1a?

["grantfinlay" grantfinlay]

Great idea but out of his budget range.
David's happy to spend up to $1000, hence the suggestion of including anoth=
er mkh series mic.
The only difference between the double ms and ambisonics is that the former=
 has a "circle" rather then a "sphere" pickup. Double m/s IS  coincident wh=
en done as proposed with all 3 capsules in alignment.

Regards,
Grant.



--- In  Paul Doornbusch <> wrote:
>
> The real answer is of course to use ambisonics - full periphonic surround=
 including height. Ambisonic mics work like a 3d conincident M/S system... =
so, you could get a good result with a horizontal native-B format mic arran=
gement - 2 fig-8s and an omni... it's very like multiple coincident M/S sys=
tems.  But you will probably get  a workable result with double M/S, althou=
gh the lack of coincidence will cause problems in the higher frequencies.
>
> You can hear some ambisonic field recordings on http://www.soundofspace.c=
om/.
>
> Best,
> Paul