15 Responses to “Microphone Polar Patterns - Video Examples to learn from”

1. 1 Nick Flowers
   November 5, 2008 at 5:27 am

   Guy, thank you for a very clear and instructive demonstration.

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2. 2 justin
   November 17, 2008 at 5:52 pm

   Very good and imformative

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3. 3 christopher
   December 8, 2008 at 9:11 pm

   That was the most helpful explanation about polar patterns I’ve ever seen. Thank you!

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4. 4 Benito
   January 5, 2009 at 4:49 pm

   Hi

   I was wondering, which microphones have you been using for the test.

   thanks

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   Guy Reply:
   January 27th, 2009 at 6:42 pm

   Those are the top of the line Sennheiser 8000 series along with the Sennheiser 416 shotgun. There are less expensive options out there. We’re just testing the pattern here so you can make an informed decision as to what pattern will work best for your application.

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5. 5 Phillip Ulman
   March 11, 2009 at 2:53 am

   Hi, Enjoyed your video. A very clear and straight forward explanation of microphone polar responses. Great teaching demo. Thank you

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6. 6 Dhiraj S Chhetri
   June 29, 2009 at 9:52 am

   Hi there!

   Excellent explanation/presentation on microphone’s polar pattern. Thank you!

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7. 7 Srikant
   July 20, 2009 at 12:23 pm

   Of great help!!

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8. 8 Jonathan Levin
   November 20, 2009 at 2:05 pm

   This “visual” demonstration really explained tons to a sound novice as I am. I now understand what it is I’m looking at on those heart shaped graphs. Most helpful. Thanks.

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9. 9 Sil
   December 7, 2009 at 5:57 pm

   Thank you for making these movies.
   My students will love them!

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   guy Reply:
   December 14th, 2009 at 6:21 pm

   You’re welcome It’s great to hear a “thank you” and that your student will find the demonstrations to be useful - that is *exactly* why we produced these videos - to share knowledge.

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10. 10 TM
    January 19, 2010 at 11:01 am

    Thanks a lot for visualizing the different audio patterns, it makes it all much clearer to me now.

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11. 11 Matt
    February 8, 2010 at 2:34 pm

    This is fantastic! Is it possible for you guys to do this with a PCC and PZM mic as well?

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12. 12 Ryan
    February 26, 2010 at 1:41 am

    Nice work! I have been in the av industry for 10 years and there has yet to be a more clear way of showing how these patterns work. I’m going to show this to everyone I know! Thank you.

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13. 13 aims
    March 3, 2010 at 12:01 am

    thank you for the great videos! they are really appreciated

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