Microphone configuration determines whether sound origin location can be recovered
Evidence
The single microphone collects sounds without associating information about the origin of sound, whereas a set of oriented microphones allows discovering the precise (geographic) origin of the acoustic source. Finally, the array allows us to cover the sonic information of a wide area, which in turn depends on the distance at which the microphones are placed. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1978
Categorization
- DEFINE: Distinguishes single, oriented-set, and array microphone configurations by what each can recover about sound sources.
- XREF: connects to: Directional hearing aid microphones can degrade sound localization by attenuating lateral sounds — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1738; Directional microphones trade speech clarity for degraded sound-localization cues; Point-source mic capture loses the binaural ability to separate direct from reflected sound — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 271 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Directional hearing aid microphones can degrade sound localization by attenuating lateral sounds
#exemplifies(0.95) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1738 - Directional microphones trade speech clarity for degraded sound-localization cues
#exemplifies(0.92) - Point-source mic capture loses the binaural ability to separate direct from reflected sound
#exemplifies(0.85) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 271 - Directional coincident microphones suppress room reverberation, killing sense of space
#exemplifies(0.85) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1840 - Microphone directivity shapes how reverberant a convolved signal sounds
#exemplifies(0.80) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1957