configuration with logarithmic spacing between the microphones the microphones 30 are typically ported to the arriving sound pressure waves through tiny holes that go completely through the pcb 14 therefore the electronics are on one side of the array 10 while the smooth reverse side faces toward the sound source s of interest and helps minimizes mechanical rubbing noise against the fabric of the garment 24 other variations on this construction technique can be fabricated or easily conceived by any person skilled in the art including but not limited to individually wired microphones arranged in the same or similar geometric pattern and mounted on or in a host device substrates made of materials other than flexible pcb such as hard pcb or even fabric with conductive wires pcb traces or other substances to electrically connect the microphones to the electronics module power and ground other arrangements of microphones such as fractal equal random concentric circle golden spiral and fibonacci spacing and array panels 10 with vibration or sound absorbing layers of sound and vibration dampening materials e g neoprene rubber or similar materials on top and or bottom referring now to the invention shown in fig2 the electronics module 11 connects to the array panel s using the electrical bus coming from the output connector 13 in more detail still referring to the invention of fig2 the electronics module includes circuitry and other components to allow it to perform additional filtering linear and automatic gain control noise reduction filtering and or signal output at multiple levels including microphone headphone.