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Default Background Masking Ratio

On 1/9/2017 9:36 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
IF you have two microphones and IF they are cardioids, and IF the distance
between the microphones is more than three times the distance between the
microphones and the sources, then you're apt to hear audible comb filtering
when the mikes are mixed at identical levels.


Now that you mention it, I think that the "official" 3:1 rule is for
omni mics, and with cardioids you can cheat it a bit. But better to just
listen to be sure you don't have a problem, and fix it if you do.

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