UNIT 2: Microphone

 Microphones

There are two types of microphone there is a dynamic microphone and there is condenser microphone

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                      Dynamic microphone                                         condenser microphone      

           1.Can handle loud sounds without                               1. More high frequency details     

                             distortion 

            2.Not good for distant or quiet                                    2. Good for distant or quite sources 

                              sources

            3. They have limited high frequency                           3. more mounting options less visibility

                               details 

            4. limited mounted options                                           4. Needs phantom power to operate (48v)

 

When looking at microphones we must also look at the frequency response to see what range of sound can be reproduced by the microphone and also how sensitive the microphone is within the range. 

Dynamic microphone frequency                                                      Condense microphone frequency 

               responds                                                                                             responds 

dynamic microphone is better with vocals.                               condense microphone is better with            we see this in diagram with line being more                              instruments  we see this line being 

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