The speaker is more than 3 meters away from the microphone.
Midfield
The speaker if within 3 meters of the microphone.
Nearfield
The audio was captured from a closely placed microphone. Eg. phone,
dictaphone, or handheld microphone. Generally if there speaker is within
1 meter of the microphone.
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