The Holophone H3-D microphone captures a true 5.1 surround sound. The H3-D features 6 individual directional mics that deliver 5.1 channels with no external mixing or signal manipulation needed. It can connect to a camera via XLR which requires phantom power. Priced at $1695. There is also the H4 SuperMINI Microphone, a discrete 5.1-channel camera-mountable surround microphone. It comes integrated with multi-channel pre-amplifier, monitor, and encoder. "This microphone is portable, lightweight, and super easy to use. It enables surround sound capture from multiple points and perspectives within a venue." Priced at $2,495.
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1. It's impossible to capture 5.1 sound with this microphone. Just look at it. It's mics are placed all nearby. There must be some distance between them. It will capture almost one sample (mono?)
Posted at 5:26PM on May 20th 2006 by Grant