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Near Coincident Basics:
The near-coincident technique employs
a pair of directional microphones with the capsules symmetrically angled
apart from one and other, aiming at the left and right sides of the sound
source. Localization is derived from intensity information as well as phase
differences. Near coincident techniques include ORTF, two cardioid mics angled
out 110 degrees from the center line with capsule spacing of 17 cm
Near-coincident techniques works extremely well with larger sound fields such as those found in classical music recording. Along with good localization, the ORTF method produces a sweet sound with lots of depth without allowing the strident nature of bright, small diaphram microphones like the Schoeps and the B&K microphones to be heard.