The term “Polar Pattern” relates to the directionality of a microphone. What is directionality? Sound sources can come from different positions and directions around the microphone. Polar patterns tell us from which direction the microphone is most sensitive to sound, and from where the microphone will be less sensitive, and even completely reject a sound. [...]
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Now that we’ve gone through the workings of the dynamic microphone, we have an understanding of the basic function of a microphone in the recording chain. As a reminder, a microphone is a transducer that converts the sound waves to voltage (If you are still confused about this process I recommend that you look at [...]
This is a publication from Shure. It goes over some things we have covered already as well as topics not yet discussed. It deals with sound reinforcement (i.e. live sound). However, the characteristics and functionality of microphones remains the same whether you are on stage or in the studio. Since in the studio you do [...]
The first type of microphone we will cover is the dynamic microphone. Some popular examples of dynamic microphones are the Shure SM57 and SM58, Sennheiser MD421 and MD441, Electrovoice RE20 and AKG D112. What we are referring to when talking about the type of microphone is what type of transducer it has. In other words, [...]
Easy to understand definitions: What is sound? What is a microphone? The basics in a bite sized portion.
