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The Wide Cardioid Surround Array (WCSA), introduced by Mikkel Nymand, provides equal timbral qualities, a high degree of envelopment and good low-frequency properties.

d:mension™ 5100 Mobile Surround Microphone is a plug and play solution for 5.1 capture. It employs five miniature pressure transducers with interference tubes and acoustic baffles.

MS Stereo combines two different microphone characteristics and a special matrix to create the stereo image and localization. M is an abbreviation for Mid, and S for Side.

The NOS setup consists of two first-order cardioid microphones spaced 30 cm (11.8 in) apart and angled 90°.

The ORTF stereo technique uses two first order cardioid microphones with a spacing of 17 cm between the microphone diaphragms, and with an 110° angle between the capsules.

The A-B Stereo Technique – also known as the Time Difference Stereo – involves two spaced (usually omnidirectional) microphones to record the sound stage.

Multi-track recording techniques are mainly built up around a main stereo pair using the A-B Stereo principle. The stereo image is created from the main stereo pair and it is therefore extremely important to place the microphone pair correctly before any support microphones are set up.

The overall aim when recording large orchestras using just a main stereo pair is to faithfully reproduce the instruments and the concert hall. This juggling act requires more than a few compromises and the art is in reducing these compromises to a minimum.

The Optimized Cardioid Triangle (OCT), is a microphone array for front-channel reproduction, initiated by Günther Theile & Helmut Wittek

The IRT Cross is designed for ambiance pickup. The setup consists of four cardioid microphones.

The Hamasaki Square consists of four bi-directional microphones arranged in a square. It is designed for the pick-up of ambient sound.

The Fukada Tree is an "original" sized decca tree array, but with five cardioid microphones and two additional omnidirectional microphones as outriggers to blend in between front and rear channels.