| Is it a "Faulkner Array"?
There continues to be confusion as to what this is--
According to Tony (who really ought to have a say in this) the ORIGINAL Faulkner array was not named by him-- but rather by someone writing a book. It is A-B spaced fig-8s. And according to Tony (and my own experiments) can also be spaced wider.
The NEW Faulkner phased array (his terminology, not mine) is NOT any sort of ORTF (wrong mic pattern; wrong angles; wrong spacing). It is 2 subcardioids at 46cm spacing "angled out" (his words) and 2 omnis at 66cm "angled out." It is "phased" because there are 2 pair arranged so that the arrival of the wave front is simultaneous-- as in a radar array, which is what inspired it. You get an idea of how seriously Tony takes this by the phrase "angled out"-- he is not specific-- probably to encourage people to use their ears and brain and not use a "recipe." I take the hint from Schoeps that a pair of subcardioids in NOS should use an angle of 120 degrees. Also, one pair should dominate by 6dB "or so" (his words).
Perhaps if the original is called the "2-mic array" and the new one is the "4-mic array" sanity can once again reign in the kingdom (after all-- he is British).
Rich
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