The sound recording technology that Telarc uses typically stays a decade ahead of the rest of the industry. Indeed, as the industry has finally come to embrace the 24-bit, 96kHz or 192kHz PCM formats that Telarc trail-blazed years ago, the company has moved on to Direct Stream Digital (DSD) technology. In either case, Grammy Award-winning Telarc sound engineer Robert Friedrich has relied on the 50kHz frequency response of the Sennheiser MKH 800 and, more recently, on the 60kHz frequency response of the Sennheiser MKH 8020 to faithfully convey meaningful harmonic content in the ultrasonic range that is recorded by DSD and higher PCM sampling rates. The Sennheiser MKH 800 is capable of responding in any of five selectable pick-up patterns, Friedrich used a spaced pair in omni mode as the main stereo pickup with additional MKH 800s out in the hall for surround and ambience. The Sennheiser MKH 8000 Series consists of a small mic body with three modular capsules that may be purchased separately: the 8020 omni, the 8040 cardioid, and the 8050 super-cardioid. Friedrich used two Sennheiser MKH 8020s as outriggers…

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