Oct 4, 2005 5:02 PM

Soundfield’s (booth #848) new portable ST350 ($5,900) microphone system comprises a lightweight multi-capsule mic and compact mic pre/control unit that generates surround and stereo simultaneously at balanced line-levels. m offers the company’s technology in a miniaturized package powered by A/C or batteries.

The ST350’s electronics are capable of driving long cable runs, enabling it to be positioned hundreds of yards away from its control unit or, alternatively, handheld on a short boom.

Control features include high-performance mic pre’s with discretely switched 6dB gain steps and composite five-segment LED bar graph for level monitoring. Continuously variable control is offered over the stereo polar patterns from omni to cardioid to figure-8, with a width control providing everything from mono to wide image stereo. End fire and invert controls are provided to correct for 3-D mic positioning while maintaining the correct stereo and surround perspective. Other features include highpass filtering to reduce rumble and wind noise, switchable M/S output and headphone monitoring.

The ST350 can be used with the SoundField Surround Zone software. Surround Zone is now available on the Digidesign Pro Tools, Steinberg Nuendo and SADiE platforms.

For more information, visit the company’s U.S. distributor, LasVegasPro Audio, at www.lasvegasproaudio.com. For more new product announcements, visit www.mixonline.com/products/new/.

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