A microphone apparatus, comprising: a main microphone array, an adaptive beamformer, a fixed beamformer, and an analyzer, wherein the main microphone array comprises a first microphone adapted to provide a first input audio signal representing sound at a first microphone inlet, a second microphone adapted to provide a second input audio signal representing sound at a second microphone inlet, wherein the first microphone inlet is spatially separated from the second microphone inlet, and wherein the main microphone array is configured to: • provide a main input vector comprising the first and the second input audio signal as components, wherein the adaptive beamformer is configured to: • based on the main input vector, provide a first directional audio signal, wherein the directional sensitivity of the first directional audio signal is chosen to optimize a speech quality, wherein the fixed beamformer is configured to: • based on the main input vector, provide a second directional audio signal, wherein the directional sensitivity of the second directional audio signal is predetermined, and wherein the analyzer is configured to: • based on the first directional audio signal and the second directional audio signal, determine a first relative score indicating a difference between the first directional audio signal and the second directional audio signal, wherein the first relative score gives information regarding misalignment in directional sensitivity between the adaptive beamformer and the fixed beamformer, and • output the first relative score for controlling further processing of the first and the second input audio signal or for determining a mispositioning of the microphone apparatus. a main microphone array, an adaptive beamformer, a fixed beamformer, and an analyzer, wherein the main microphone array comprises a first microphone adapted to provide a first input audio signal representing sound at a first microphone inlet, a second microphone adapted to provide a second input audio signal representing sound at a second microphone inlet, wherein the first microphone inlet is spatially separated from the second microphone inlet, and wherein the main microphone array is configured to: • provide a main input vector comprising the first and the second input audio signal as components, • provide a main input vector comprising the first and the second input audio signal as components, wherein the adaptive beamformer is configured to: • based on the main input vector, provide a first directional audio signal, wherein the directional sensitivity of the first directional audio signal is chosen to optimize a speech quality, • based on the main input vector, provide a first directional audio signal, wherein the directional sensitivity of the first directional audio signal is chosen to optimize a speech quality, wherein the fixed beamformer is configured to: • based on the main input vector, provide a second directional audio signal, wherein the directional sensitivity of the second directional audio signal is predetermined, • based on the main input vector, provide a second directional audio signal, wherein the directional sensitivity of the second directional audio signal is predetermined, and wherein the analyzer is configured to: • based on the first directional audio signal and the second directional audio signal, determine a first relative score indicating a difference between the first directional audio signal and the second directional audio signal, wherein the first relative score gives information regarding misalignment in directional sensitivity between the adaptive beamformer and the fixed beamformer, and • output the first relative score for controlling further processing of the first and the second input audio signal or for determining a mispositioning of the microphone apparatus. • based on the first directional audio signal and the second directional audio signal, determine a first relative score indicating a difference between the first directional audio signal and the second directional audio signal, wherein the first relative score gives information regarding misalignment in directional sensitivity between the adaptive beamformer and the fixed beamformer, and • output the first relative score for controlling further processing of the first and the second input audio signal or for determining a mispositioning of the microphone apparatus.