Microphone Configuration
The microphone features multiple configurations to adapt to any meeting space, based on these variables:
• Table size and shape
• Number of meeting participants
• Participant seating arrangement
Selecting Pickup Patterns
1. Select Configuration > Coverage
2. Select a channel to reveal the Channel Properties
3. Use the Polar Pattern pull-down menu to make a selection
Pickup Pat
tern
Directional Characteristic
Picks up sound with equal sensitivity
from all directions
Omnidirec
tional
Picks up sound from the edges of the
microphone, while rejecting sounds
from directly above it.
Toroid
Captures sound on two opposite sides
of the microphone in a figure-8 pattern
Bi-directional
Use When
Participants are likely to move around, or when ad
ditional sound sources are located away from the
microphone. The omnidirectional pattern performs
best in a quiet, controlled environment. Note: Omni
directional channels are not sent to the automix
channel.
Rooms have a higher level of ambient noise, or
when noise from above is a concern (a video pro
jector, for example).
Two talkers are facing each other, sitting on oppo
site sides of a table. The bidirectional pattern pro
vides better off-axis rejection than the two talkers
setting, but does not allow independent gain adjust
ment for each talker.
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