{"id":101,"date":"2014-01-11T11:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T16:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2014-01-11T14:44:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T19:44:10","slug":"using-two-main-arrays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"Using two main arrays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;I like some aspects of one array and different aspects of another. Can I combine two different main arrays?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t mix main arrays<\/strong><br \/>\nIn general, when using classical techniques (main array with spots), don&#8217;t combine main arrays &#8211; this causes comb filtering\/phase issues because of the difference in time of arrivals to the two arrays.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to combine, say, the warmth and spaciousness of an omni-based spaced AB array with the crispness of a cardioid-based XY, you need to consider these a 4 mic array and place the mics with that in mind.<\/p>\n<p>(In the case of the 4 mic array, the cardioids in the XY would be at a similar distance or even closer than the AB, rather than 1.7 times farther away, as distance factor might indicate.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I like some aspects of one array and different aspects of another. Can I combine two different main arrays?&#8221; Don&#8217;t mix main arrays In general, when using classical techniques (main array with spots), don&#8217;t combine main arrays &#8211; this causes &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/?p=101\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3gtQX-1D","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jbfaudio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}