k brown
Well-known member
I don't understand your reference to my "taste for hyper ORTF".
Not only have I never expressed such, but there is no such thing. ORTF, as defined by the people that coined the term, specifies cardiods.
My mention of hypers was regarding the Faulkner phased array of two pairs on the same bar -a pair of omnis and a pair of directionals. The directional pair is not ORTF; it's spaced wider than that. Faulkner most often uses subcardioids at about 18.5"; both pairs are aimed 90 degrees - so nothing at all like ORTF.
If one uses directional mics with a tighter pattern than subcardioid, the spacing is reduced to compensate, so that the two pairs produce approximately the same stereo width (didn't I already explain this?). I like to use the Okatave hypers which are their own unique pattern, so I use a spacing more like one would use for supercardiod (12.5").
Not only have I never expressed such, but there is no such thing. ORTF, as defined by the people that coined the term, specifies cardiods.
My mention of hypers was regarding the Faulkner phased array of two pairs on the same bar -a pair of omnis and a pair of directionals. The directional pair is not ORTF; it's spaced wider than that. Faulkner most often uses subcardioids at about 18.5"; both pairs are aimed 90 degrees - so nothing at all like ORTF.
If one uses directional mics with a tighter pattern than subcardioid, the spacing is reduced to compensate, so that the two pairs produce approximately the same stereo width (didn't I already explain this?). I like to use the Okatave hypers which are their own unique pattern, so I use a spacing more like one would use for supercardiod (12.5").
a misunderstanding on my part...
