Thank you Cerys Matthews for the shoutout on her BBC Radio 6 Music show on Sunday morning!

The A-Type 8 microphone array was used by my BBC colleague, Alan, to capture immersive recordings of Glasgow last week, broadcast in binaural.

Cerys thought the mic, in its Rycote Cyclone windshield and fur windjammer, should be called ‘the Haggis’!

You can listen to the show on BBC Sounds
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