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Pro Microphones - On Polar Patterns and Applications

Article Category: Computers and Technology

Author Name: Bruce Hathaway

If you are on the lookout for the best mic for recording, you'll need to understand one of the more important specs that you would have to look into is the Polar pattern (which is, by the way, just the technical term for pick-up pattern). The polar pattern of microphones is important because it has a direct effect on whether it would be perfect for what you will be using it for. After all, every mic is different and there is a specific type of mic that would work best for the job you have in mind.

Mics do respond with varying degrees of sensitivity to the sounds that come from various directions and this can be represented by a graph called a polar or pick-up pattern. The graph will let you know how well the mic "rejects" or" receives" the sound depending on the direction from which it comes from.

-- Cardioid patterns are heart-shaped; hence the name. With this pattern, there is strong sensitivity to sounds coming from the front, good sensitivity to sound from the sides and good rejection from behind. Mics with this polar pattern makes for a good investment as they are flexible - good for live and studio recording.

-- Supercardioid patterns are slightly more cardioid. It is less directional than the next kind though - the hypercardioid. Also, the rear lobe of sensitivity is smaller in this pattern.

-- Hypercardioid patterns are way more directional compared to the previous two and these are typically used in settings where maximum isolation between sound sources is a must - as in the case of recording the sounds produced by someone on a drum kit. You would not want the mic for the snare kit picking up the sound of the other instruments, would you?

Note that these patterns are directly related to directionality. Also, cardioid patterns are brought by an unidirectional mic and this type of mic is the most commonly used for any kind of recording.

You might want to use other types also. For example, if you would like to record sounds from the front and the back (as in the case of interviews), bidirectional mics would be the ideal choice. The polar pattern is that of a figure 8, which means that it rejects sounds from the sides well. There is the omnidirectional mic too, which is very good in picking up sounds from all over the room- which would mean that it would be terrible for recording vocals in a studio, but that it would be best for anything that would require ambient sounds to be picked up - as in the case of film audio.

Note that unidirectional mics are the best choice if you want to produce music, but you would still have to choose among the three cardioid patterns as well. Keep in mind though. that your choice will depend on the way you would like the sound to be received - or rejected, which would of course be affected by what you want to use the microphone for.

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