i have a question about mic placement, i hope trying to explain this it makes sense... whenever you see the polar pattern for mics, whether for cards, hypers, subs, etc., what is the spacial / directional relation of the mic to that polar patter?
i think that i sorta know and understand that the mic is considered to be pointed towards the source in the polar graphs. but is there a more 3 dimensional rendering on the graph (which i can only imagine to have limitations on). the reason i am asking is b/c you sometimes see omnis (which i undestand have a more uniform polar pattern) pointed up or nondirectional.
basically, i am kinda asking, are the polar patterns spherical to an extent and would directional caps decrease the 3-d model.