1|12http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru

Daniel Leonov

november 2013

SonicLinkmicrophone arrays

Audience interaction solutions

2|12http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru

1. Wireless mics

cheap+

inconvenient for hosts-

inconvenient for guests-

2. Queues

cheap and simple+

even more inconvenient-

for guests

3. Personal mics

comfy for everyone+

expensive-

far less reliable-

not for any room-

Microphone arrays

Microphone array is any number of microphones operating in

tandem. Given proper signal phasing this system acts as one

superdirectional microphone. (Wikipedia.org)

http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru

Signal

processing

unit...

Phono,

XLR,

S/PDIF ...

3|12

Microphone array

0°

30°

60°90°

120°

150°

180°

210°

240°270°

300°

330°

Usual microphone

0°

30°

60°90°

120°

150°

180°

210°

240°270°

300°

330°

Microphone arrays

Some features:

1. Electrical scanning (no mechanics at all)

2. Auto detection of direction of speaker

3. Auto speaker tracking

4. Several beams

5. Noise reduction even when noise source is inside the beam

http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru 4|12

0°

30°

60°90°

120°

150°

180°

210°

240°270°

300°

330°

!

0°

30°

60°90°

120°

150°

180°

210°

240°270°

300°

330°

!

!

0°

30°

60°90°

120°

150°

180°

210°

240°270°

300°

330°

!

Product

http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru 5|12

Stage

HallMics

▫ No wires, stands etc. on the floor

▫ Easily scalable for any room

▫ Single (mono/stereo) mixer output

▫ No additional staff education required

Summary

http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru 6|12

PriceMainte-

nanceHosts FlexibilityReliabilityGuests

Wireless mics

Mic lines

Personal mics

Mic arrays

low

($500-1K)easy

easycomfor-

table

uncom-

fortableaverage

highvery low

($200-500)

very high

($7000+)

above

average

($2000+)

average

average

low

high

low

high

comfor-

table

comfor-

table

comfor-

table

comfor-

table

uncom-

fortable

uncom-

fortable

high

high

Markets

Geography

EMEA

APAC

Americas

Video

Sound

~30%~50%

~20%

~30%

~70%

Fields

5B

4B

3B

2B

1B

0

2.1

3.4

5.0

2012 2014 2017

Conference equipment markets

(Billion $)

http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru 7|12

Team

Daniel Leonov

R&D

Product developement

Msc. Radioelectronic systems (BMSTU)

Rifat Tuishev

Analytics/marketing

Customer developement

MSc. Radioelectronic systems (BMSTU)

Msc. Enterprise management (BMSTU)

http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru 8|12

Current status and achievements

R&D:

1. Research and modelling: done

2. All basic software: done

3. Hardware developement: in process

Marketing:

1. Market and rivals research: done

2. Project website: done

3. Search for customers: in process

http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru 9|12

Current status and achievements

http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru 10|12

FINT-2013: Winners!

www.fint.festivalnauki.ru

Also:

1. Collaboration with state technical colleges: soon

2. Partnership with BMSTU Innovation Center: very soon

Plans

By march 2014:

1. Find real customers and adjust a feature list

2. Make a first version of product and start selling it!

http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru 11|12

Thanks

Thank you!

Daniel I. Leonov

daleonov@yandex.ru

identyme.com/daleonov

+ vk, facebook, linkedin, ...

http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru/

http://microphonearrays.freehphosting.ru 12|12