Multichannel Microphone Array Design (Natural Arrays)
5 Channel Microphone Array Design for FRONT SOUND STAGE COVERAGE using OMNIDIRECTIONAL Microphones

FTC 70° + 70° (48cm)

The next stage in the MMAD process is to choose the Lateral Segment Coverage.
Using a Front Triplet Coverage of 70° + 70°, there are many different LSC configurations possible.
The diagram on the right shows the colour coding used to represent the reproduction within the
Multichannel Loudspeaker Configuration of each segment covered by the microphone array.
Click on the required LSC configuration to go to the last stage in the MMAD process.
LSC 80°
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BACKTRACKS & CROSSTRACKS4
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60° / 75cm
50° / 88cm
40° / 108cm
30° / 142cm