Far-field pickup of large musical ensembles can use coincident, near-coincident, or spaced microphone arrays. After a brief theoretical introduction, an orchestra recording made by using the three microphone techniques simultaneously on multiple recorders will be demonstrated. . The demonstration tape has been edited to sequentially present the three basic techniques. Audible differences from each technique can then be easily compared.

Author: Shafer, Robert T.
Affiliation: WDET-FM, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
AES Convention: 69 (May 1981) Paper Number: 1753
Publication Date: May 1, 1981 Import into BibTeX
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