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The location, location, location of the microphone and the paucity of its description and qualification dishonors the entire premise.

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Omnidirectional mic. Does what it says. Every android and iphone have one.

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Where is its two dimensional polar certification?

Cellphone microphones are not certified for anything.

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Right then, let's wait for the official investigation into the shooter's encrypted phone for some solid leads.

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YouтАЩll have to take it up with the sound crew.

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I used to run a sound crew when I wasn't being a broadcast engineer.

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Great. YouтАЩll be better able to communicate with them!

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Cellphone microphones cost pennies.

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If the first three rounds had identical sonic signatures and the next five had their own identical signatures, wouldnтАЩt that eliminate the mic as a variable?

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It wouldn't eliminate the location of the microphone as a variable, unless it was provably in the same place with the same orientation for all three readings.

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There were 2 snipers on the roof.... Do we know for sure they both didn't fire shots - thus, there is your "3rd shooter"?

These crappy audio & video files don't really give much clues, and we have no idea whether they were holding the phone mic to the left or right - regardless if they're left or right handed. As a right-handed person, I hold mine both ways when my phone is horizontal. I dont really pay attention to that (I also don't record horizontal, but I digress....). Maybe I misunderstood that point above. Im burnt out from my job and frankly, society lol.

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Were you on the roof or are you admitting to believing everything you are told?

Cellphone microphones are as far from reference microphones as is possible to be.

The physical orientation of a professional reference microphone is irrelevant and I doubt there were any of them in proximity to the scene.

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