A speaker array’s directional pattern is set by its spacing and element properties

Evidence

In order to understand how the properties of sequences, or the size of a loudspeaker, affect polar performance we must first look at some theory behind array polar patterns. — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 2850

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Introduces ‘polar performance’ and ‘array polar patterns’ as the framing concepts for the appendix’s model.