Polar Pattern & Frequency Response - Samson Go Mic Owner's Manual

Polar Pattern & Frequency Response
Two important characteristics of a microphone are its polar pattern and frequency response.
The polar pattern describes the directionality of the microphone and the frequency response
is a graphical representation to how the microphone reacts to different frequencies.
The Go Mic features two microphone pickup patterns, cardioid (unidirectional) and
omnidirectional. When set to the cardioid setting, the microphone captures sound in front of
the microphone and rejects sound from the sides and back. This allows for better separation
of performers or instruments in the studio, and picks up more of the performer sound in
relation to the sound of the room. When the Go Mic is set to Omni pattern it will pick
up sound in a 360-degree pattern. This can also be used to pick up the ambient room
sound for natural reverb, or to pick up a group of people around a table for a multi-subject
interview.