Positioning the microphone
Boundary microphones make use of the pressure effects
at a room boundary and need to be mounted on a flat sur-
face:
Position
Altar or lectern:
on a sound-reflecting
surface
Conference rooms:
lying on the table;
directed towards the
conference
participants *)
Resulting sound
Less room resonance
portions or comb filter
elements;
improved speech
intelligibility and
greater gain reserves
in contrast to free-
standing microphones
Less room resonance
in contrast to free-
standing microphones
Commentary
Unobtrusive due to
flat design;
no microphones in
the field of vision
Microphones must
not be covered by
papers, folders or
similar objects
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