The directional pickup pattern of microphones is designed as to assist the audio engineer in avoiding acoustic feedbacks or interference from other sound sources. If the pattern deviates from the specified one, it is important for the audio engineer to know. This work presents comprehensive measurements of a supercardioid microphone directivity under the influence of a dummy head. The dummy models the diffraction of a human talker or singer in front of the microphone. The discussed measurements collect information on a 15x15 degree grid in azimuth and elevation for different distances between microphone and dummy head. Based on these data, we are able to discuss the influence of a singer's body on the free field directivity of the supercardioid microphone, its directivity index and its front-to-back random ratio in detail.

Authors: Pomberger, Hannes; Zotter, Franz; Biba, Dominik
Affiliations: AKG Acoustics GmbH, Vienna, Austria; University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Graz, Austria(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 132 (April 2012) Paper Number: 8671
Publication Date: April 26, 2012
Subject: Transducers

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