Polarflex Plug-in

How the plug-in works

With the Polarflex plug-in it is possible to intelligently mix two capsules such that a totally new pattern with its own unique sound is created.

Now, what happens in the plug-in? The Polarflex plug-in mixes two capsules (Omni and Fig-8) in three different frequency bands such that the level and the frequency response of the diffuse sound and with that the directivity of the microphone is altered. The plug-in automatically maintains the overall level at all frequencies which means that every possible setting leads to a potentially useful result. This is computed similarly to a panning knob: The larger the portion of the omni is in the mix, the smaller the portion of the Fig-8/cardioid is.

Examples

• When the line is in top position, only the omni is mixed in the output
• When the line is in the middle, the result will be a cardioid, being the exact sum of an Omni and a Fig-8 microphone.
• When you choose a wide cardioid at low frequencies, a cardioid at middle frequencies and a hypercardioid at high frequencies, the result will be similar to a large membrane capsule
• Try switching between different settings in Stereo Mode: by altering the mixing ratio, the correlation of the recorded diffuse sound field is varied at the same time. This offers a powerful mean to vary the room sound of your stereo microphone.