- pickup pattern
- TVDefines a microphone's response to sounds arriving from various directions or angles. [See omnidirectional, unidirectional.]
Audio and video glossary. 2014.
pickup pattern
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Omnidirectional pickup pattern — RadioPP Microphone pickup pattern that picks up sound equally well from all directions … Audio and video glossary
Bi-directional pickup pattern — RadioPP Microphone pattern that is sensitive to sound from the front and back but not the sides … Audio and video glossary
Cardiod pickup pattern — RadioPP Microphone pattern where sound is picked up from front and rejected from the rear … Audio and video glossary
polar pattern — F/A/V (or pickup pattern); the shape of the area that a microphone will be most sensitive to sound … Audio and video glossary
X-Y Pattern — F/A/V A pair of cardioid microphones or elements aimed in crossed directions which feed two channels for stereo pickup. (Sound) … Audio and video glossary
Ribbon microphone — Ribbon microphones are typically bidirectional, meaning they pick up sounds equally well from either side of the microphone. Principle of operation In the dynamic microphone, the diaphragm is attached to a light movable coil that generates a… … Wikipedia
Audio feedback — (also known as the Larsen effect after the Danish scientist, Søren Larsen, who first discovered its principles) is a special kind of positive feedback which occurs when a sound loop exists between an audio input (for example, a microphone or… … Wikipedia
Blumlein Pair — is the name for a stereo recording technique invented by Alan Blumlein for the creation of recordings that mdash; upon replaying through headphones or loudspeakers mdash; recreate the spatial characteristics of the recorded signal.The pair… … Wikipedia
Polar coordinate system — Points in the polar coordinate system with pole O and polar axis L. In green, the point with radial coordinate 3 and angular coordinate 60 … Wikipedia
Pcc160 — The PCC 160 is a panel microphone. That can be used to mic panel discussions as well placed on the floor to mic cheerleaders or similar type of activities. (ex. tap dancing)The PCC 160 is unidirectional boundary microphone, with a cardiodal… … Wikipedia
