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    The Jecklin Disk is a sound-absorbing disk placed between two microphones to create an acoustic shadow and stereo effect. It was invented by Jürg Jecklin and involves using omnidirectional microphones on either side of a disk. Over time the size of the disk and microphone spacing increased in the refined technique.

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    The Jecklin Disk is a sound-absorbing disk placed between two microphones to create an acoustic shadow and stereo effect. It was invented by Jürg Jecklin and involves using omnidirectional microphones on either side of a disk. Over time the size of the disk and microphone spacing increased in the refined technique.

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    The Jecklin Disk is a sound-absorbing disk placed between two microphones to create an acoustic shadow and stereo effect. It was invented by Jürg Jecklin and involves using omnidirectional microphones on either side of a disk. Over time the size of the disk and microphone spacing increased in the refined technique.

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    The Jecklin Disk is a sound-absorbing disk placed between two microphones to create an acoustic shadow and stereo effect. It was invented by Jürg Jecklin and involves using omnidirectional microphones on either side of a disk. Over time the size of the disk and microphone spacing increased in the refined technique.

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    Jecklin Disk

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    A Jecklin Disk is a sound-absorbing disk placed between two


    microphones to create an acoustic "shadow" from one microphone to
    the other. The resulting two signals can possibly produce a pleasing
    stereo effect. A matching pair of small-diaphragm omnidirectional
    microphones is always used with a Jecklin disk.

    The technique was invented by Jürg Jecklin, the former chief sound
    engineer of Swiss Radio now teaching at the University for Music and
    Performing Arts in Vienna. He referred to the technique as an "Optimal
    Stereo Signal" (OSS). In the beginning Jecklin used omnidirectional
    microphones on either side of a 30 cm (1 ft.) disk about 2 cm (3/4")
    thick, which had a muffling layer of soft plastic foam or wool fleece on
    each side. The capsules of the microphones were above the surface of
    the disc, just in the center, 16.5 centimeters (6½") apart from each other
    and each pointing 20 degrees outside. Jecklin found the 16.5 cm (6½")
    ear spacing between the microphones too narrow. In his own paper, he
    notes that the disk has to be 35 cm (13¾") in diameter and the distance
    between the microphones should be 36 cm (14 3/16"). The concept is to
    make use of the baffle to recreate some of the frequency-response, time Jecklin Disk
    and amplitude variations human listeners experience, but in such a way
    that the recording also produces a useful stereo image through
    loudspeakers. Conventional binaural or dummy head recordings are not as convincing when played back over
    speakers; headphone playback is needed.

    The Jecklin Disk is a refinement of the baffled microphone technique for stereo initially described by Alan
    Blumlein in his 1931 patent on binaural sound.

    There is a noteworthy change from the original small version: Instead of 30 cm, the disk now has a slightly
    larger diameter of 35 cm. But what stands out to an even greater degree, is the greatly enlarged microphone
    spacing - rather than formerly 16.5 cm as a human "head diameter" (ear distance) there is now a distance of
    36 cm (double-headed?). Jecklin's German from his script: "Zwei Kugelmikrofone sind mit einem
    gegenseitigen Abstand von 36 cm angeordnet und durch eine mit Schaumstoff belegte Scheibe von 35 cm
    Durchmesser akustisch getrennt."[1] Translated: Two omnidirectional microphones are placed with a distance
    between them of 36 cm (14 3/16"), and acoustically separated by a foam-covered disk having a diameter of
    35 cm (13¾"). That shows a great difference to the initial smaller Jecklin Disk of 30 centimeters diameter and
    the distance between the microphones of 16.5 centimeters.

    References
    1. The new Jecklin Disk (http://www.mdw.ac.at/I101/iea/tm/scripts/jecklin/tt03mikrofon.pdf#search=%22Je
    cklin-Scheibe%22) (in German)

    External links
    Josephson Engineering - A picture of the old Jecklin Disk
    Core Sound - A picture of the old Jecklin Disk and another variant, the Schneider Disk
    The new larger Jecklin disk (OSS technology)
    The Jecklin disk - a stereo microphone array with isolating baffle - new and old

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jecklin_Disk&oldid=736269051"


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