No single microphone technique works everywhere, so engineers adapt per venue
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There is no single microphone technique that is the best solution in all situations. In practice, audio engineers decide microphone positions separately for every recording venue and for every ensemble to be recorded, tuning the set-up using monitoring loudspeakers in a separate listening room. The resulting surround audio content is, at best, plausible and enjoyable, some kind of spaced microphone set-up being the most often used technique for surround sound recordings. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1850
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