A microphone arrangement and a method using the microphone arrangement for recording surround sound in a mobile device, where the microphone arrangement comprises a first and a second microphone and arranged at a first distance to each other and configured to obtain a stereo signal, and comprises a third microphone configured to obtain a steering signal together with at least one of the first and second microphone or with a fourth microphone. The microphone arrangement also comprises a processor configured to separate the stereo signal into a front stereo signal and a back stereo signal based on the steering signal.