Microphone assembly adapted to form continuously variable polar patterns

A method comprising:

• receiving a first electrical signal from a first cardioid microphone capsule of a microphone assembly, the first cardioid microphone capsule oriented to face in a first direction;
• receiving a second electrical signal from a second cardioid microphone capsule of the microphone assembly, the second cardioid microphone capsule oriented to face in a second direction that is opposite the first direction;
• and
• generating, within the microphone assembly, a polar pattern, wherein generating the polar pattern comprises:
• converting the first electrical signal into a first audio signal;
• converting the second electrical signal into a second audio signal;
• applying a first weight to the first audio signal to form a first weighted signal;
• applying a second weight to the second audio signal to form a second weighted signal;
• and
• summing the first weighted signal and the second weighted signal to form the polar pattern.