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Default Oktava ORTF question

Tatonik wrote:
I have an Oktava MK-012 pair that I'd like to use in an ORTF setup. At
the moment I only have the hypercardioid capsules, not the cardioid.
It's my understanding that, generally speaking, to use hypercardioids in
an ORTF-like way, spacing would remain at 17 cm but the angle would
decrease from 110 degrees to 90. However, I recall reading (in this
newsgroup, I think) that the hypercardioid pattern on the Oktavas is
actually pretty wide - closer to cardioid. In that case, would it
better to treat the Oktava hypercardioids as cardioids and start with an
angle of 110?


Use your ears. You will find if you keep the ORTF spacing and angles that
they behave very close to cardioids in that setup.

But.... the ORTF spacing is a good idea but not necessarily optimal for any
given room and you will likely have to fiddle with it a bit to get the stereo
image the way you want it. So don't let the label on the capsule bother you
any.
--scott
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