Super-cardioid

Supercardioid is a pickup pattern between cardioid and figure-of-eight. This means it focuses even more on frontal sound than the “normal” cardioid characteristic, but sound from the rear is not suppressed quite as much. Sound arriving from the side is picked up less.

The maximum sound suppression is at the rear left and rear right, i.e. at approximately 110–125 degrees relative to the recording axis. This can be very useful on stage, for example, when positioning the stage monitors accordingly.

The supercardioid-shaped pickup pattern is suitable for targeted pickup of a sound source in a loud environment. Bleed from other instruments on stage is significantly reduced.