5 Channel Microphone Array Design for SURROUND SOUND COVERAGE using SUPERCARDIOID Microphones

FTC 90° + 90° (100°/ 12.5cm)

The third stage in the MMAD process is to choose the proportion of Back Pair Coverage to the Lateral Segment Coverage.Using a Front Triplet Coverage of 90° + 90°, there are many different LSC / BPC configurations possible.The diagram on the right shows the colour coding used to represent the reproduction within the recommended Multichannel Loudspeaker Configuration of each segment covered by the microphone array. Click on the required LSC / BPC configuration to go to the last stage in the MMAD process.

BACKTRACKS & CROSSTRACKS5
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CHANNELS / COVERAGE5
2Ch (Stereo)
3Ch (FSSC)
4Ch (SRND)
4Ch (FSSC)
5Ch (SRND)
5Ch (FSSC)
6Ch (SRND)
7Ch (SRND)
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ARRAY TYPE5
R o o t - A r r a y s
N a t u r a l - A r r a y s
A l l - A r r a y s
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DIRECTIVITY5
Omnidirectional
Hypocardioid
Cardioid
Supercardioid
Hypercardioid
Bidirectional
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FRONT TRIPLET COVERAGE5
100° +100°
95° +95°
90° + 90°
85° + 85°
80° + 80°
75° + 75°
70° + 70°
65° + 65°
60° + 60°
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MIC ANGLE / DISTANCE5
100° / 12.5cm
90° / 16cm
80° / 20cm
70° / 23.5cm
60° / 27cm
50° / 31cm
40° / 34.5cm
30° / 38cm