Description
The Faulkner Phased Array Bar is part our Mount-a-Mic range, and allows you to mount two figure of 8 ribbon microphones using another great stereo recording technique. Made from laser cut layers of sustainable birch plywood, the Faulkner Phased Array Bar was designed primarily for our BoRbon microphones, but it can also be used with our BM9‘s.
Below is an extract from Martin Mitchell‘s excellent article about the Faulkner Phased Array;
“The Faulkner Phased Array was invented circa 1980 by British Classical engineer Tony Faulkner.
To improve the realism of his recordings, Faulkner sought to gain a better sense of ‘space’ and ambience….. Faulkner experimented with spaced microphones until he arrived at an array which not only gave excellent positionality, but also captured those elusive qualities of openness.
The Faulkner Phased Array uses 2 figure-of-eight microphones mounted in parallel, facing straight forward and spaced 20cm apart. Since the microphones are not splayed, this means that they can be placed somewhat further away from the subject, without detracting from the balance….Faulkner’s technique also exploits the inter-aural time difference between the human ears, which allows our brains to calculate the precise location of sounds.” Read the full article here.
