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music and audio tv and film podcastsWhat is microphone and types of microphone?
The most common are the dynamic microphone,whichuses a coil of wire suspended in a magnetic field; thecondensermicrophone, which uses the vibrating diaphragm asacapacitor plate; and the piezoelectric microphone,whichuses a crystal of piezoelectric material.
Similarly, it is asked, what are the different types of microphone?
In this article I'll go through all the 4 most commonanduseful microphone types and what they do best.
- Dynamic Microphones. Dynamic Mics are the workhorses ofthemicrophone world.
- Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphones.
- Small Diaphragm Condenser Microphones.
- Ribbon Microphones.
One may also ask, what are the three types of microphones?
There are a few great overall mics to have but there'sareason for the wide array – depends on the job.
- First a word on patterns. There are 4 main types ofmicrophones:cardioid, super cardioid, omni and figure 8.
- Dynamic mics.
- Condenser mics.
- Ribbon mics.
Microphones are used in manyapplicationssuch as telephones, hearing aids, public addresssystems forconcert halls and public events, motion pictureproduction, liveand recorded audio engineering, sound recording,two-way radios,megaphones, radio and television broadcasting, andin computers forrecording voice,