Here is something I stumbled that illustrates various microphone arrays response characteristics:


http://www.sengpielaudio.com/HejiaE.htm




One thing I especially enjoyed was getting to see how many named or labeled variations there are for seemingly similar set ups.


best regards,
mike

Very interesting Mike for sure, thanks very much for the link. I have not seen anything quite like that as well. But from a teacher's perspective I am not fully sure I would recommend something like this to students especially while in the middle of learning about stereo mike techniques.

My gripe with it is that there are far too many options and confusion may reign looking at that too much. You can really sum up most stereo mike techniques with just a few select techniques, mic placements and mike angles and setting up etc. Sometimes having far too many options is just as bad or worse as having no options at all.

A bit above my head ... but excellent for the studio meiser.

That is one of my favorite links, roughly based on the same principals as this great paper by Michael Williams.  I like to use is as proof to my audio engineering students that XY is NEVER used in professional orchestra recording. 

[link=http://www.rycote.com/images/uploads/The_Stereophonic_Zoom.pdf]http://www.rycote.com/ima..._Stereophonic_Zoom.pdf[/link]

Thanks Daniel for that link. Interesting article and a better one IMO that the link Mike has suggested in terms of audio students. Although it is still quite complex in its own way and would not necessarily be a great introduction to stereo miking for the first time but interesting none the less.

Might as well skip all the way to the head of the class:


http://www.soundfield.com/products/sps200.php









The relatively recent addition of native dsp decoders has made ambisonic recording a practical possibility for many people who were either priced out of it, or hesitant because of an awareness of the noise floor issues inherent in the hardware decoders, or both.






I've been thinking about getting one of these some day in the future.



best regards,
mike