A Variable Polar Pattern is a feature found on microphones that enables the user to change the shape of the pick-up pattern. A true variable polar pattern is continuously adjustable with no stops. Hybrids of cardioid, figure-of-eight, and omnidirectional can achieved with this feature.
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Famous quotes containing the words variable, polar and/or pattern:
“Walked forth to ease my pain
Along the shore of silver streaming Thames,
Whose rutty bank, the which his river hems,
Was painted all with variable flowers,”
—Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
“Professor Fate: My apologies. There’s a polar bear in our car.”
—Arthur Ross. Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon)
“Every child has an inner timetable for growth—a pattern unique to him. . . . Growth is not steady, forward, upward progression. It is instead a switchback trail; three steps forward, two back, one around the bushes, and a few simply standing, before another forward leap.”
—Dorothy Corkville Briggs (20th century)