Bigradient Uniaxial Microphone
Harry F. Olson, John Preston, John C. Bleazey · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1957
A second-order unidirectional microphone has been developed consisting of two uniaxial microphones connected in series opposition. This system has been termed the bigradient uniaxial microphone. The directional efficiency, that is, the energy response to random sounds is one-ninth. The high discrimination which this microphone exhibits to sounds which originate from the sides and rear makes it particularly suitable for long distance sound pickup in radio, television, sound motion pictures, phonograph recording, and sound reinforcing systems.