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@kota1 This microphone has all of its capsules very close together that's good for phasing but bad for proper interpretation of direction. It's great that you can record each capsule on its own track but bad that it is designed for Adat / light pipe a format that is going away. 

Surround recording should be recorded with a fake head in a binaural format because that is how we hear all other recordings are improper. They may sound wonderful but they aren't accurate by definition. I have done very few surround recordings but adding the channels by force for the XYZ axis information to be interpreted by your brain somehow to me seems like looking down the wrong path. 

Thanks, what about this one:

Ok ya got me Sennheiser is the best microphone manufacturer ever ( they also own Neumann). This mic has the capsule to close also but Sennheiser can support the mic with accessories like windscreens blimps and shock mounts that make all the difference. If you wanted to go high end look at this. Schoeps is also a very good company.

Surround recording should be recorded with a fake head in a binaural format because that is how we hear all other recordings are improper. They may sound wonderful but they aren’t accurate by definition. I have done very few surround recordings but adding the channels by force for the XYZ axis information to be interpreted by your brain somehow to me seems like looking down the wrong

A recording with a head and torso simulation would only work for playback if listened to on headphone corrected for equivalent flat response. Even then, it will only be approximate for any person as it is not their head, torso, or pinna.

For the Spatial Mic, they don’t seem to be tied to ADAT.

No need for expensive multi-microphone & preamp setups – just plug-in and record with either Dante audio networking or USB/ADAT models.

I had this bookmarked if anyone is interested:

https://www.dpamicrophones.com/mic-university/immersive-sound-object-based-audio-and-microphones

I vaguely remember a paper that discussed using 4 omni microphones in a pyramid shape with a lot of signal processing to extract objects for surround. I did a search but could not find it quickly.