Cardioid
The cardioid pick-up pattern is acoustically neutral for large acceptance angles. Typical for the push-pull transducer is its high rear attenuation for low frequencies (typ. 30 dB), which allows signals from the rear to be effectively attenuated. The cardioid pick-up pattern is the most versatile characteristic. It is the ideal choice for speakers, soloists and smaller instrument groups.
Supercardioid
The supercardiod pick-up pattern features a higher directivity than the cardioid pick-up pattern, which results in efficient attenuation of diffuse signals and prevents feedback. Thanks to its good lateral attenuation (10 dB), the supercardioid pick-up pattern is particularly well suited to mike or support soloists in noisy environments, i.e. situations in which lateral sound is to be effectively suppressed. In this case, too, the transducer provides a frequency- independent directivity.
Figure-of-eight
The figure-of-eight pick-up pattern provides total attenuation of lateral sound, which makes it particularly well suited to separate or support adjacent sound sources such as single instruments or instrument groups in large orchestras.
Annoying reflections from the floor and the resulting comb filter effects can be effectively reduced.
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