microphones Flashcards
types of microphones:
dynamic, condenser, ribbon
(dynamic) … (….)
durable (ENG)
(dynamic) ENG: ….; involves a …, …, …, and …
electronic news gathering; tripod; camera; wire; microphone
(dynamic) no … needed; normally …
power supply; inexpensive
(dynamic) sound waves go to … which then causes …. impulses which results in …
diaphragm; electrical impulses; sound
(condenser) good … to all …
sensitivity; frequencies
(condenser) … required (… of …)
power supply; battery of phantom
(condenser) not as … as … microphones
durable; dynamic
(condenser) phantom power: board sends … through … to give microphone …
electricity cable; long-lasting power
(condenser) windscreen: … won’t hit diaphragm of mic, … are …
air; plosives; diffused
(condenser) plosives: …. for certain letters
rush of air
(ribbon) … microphone (…)
studio; vocal
(ribbon) very … and very …
fragile; expensive
(ribbon) good at …; dangerous with …
high frequencies; phantom power
pick-up (polar) pattern types:
omnidirectional, cardioid; bidirectional; hypercardioid; shotgun
omnidirectional: pick up sound waves … from …, … sound
equally; all sides; ambient
cardioid: …. pick-up pattern, meaning it’s main area of pickup is from the … it will pick up sound from the … but with less …, sounds from the … are …
undirectional; front; sides; sensitivity; rear; ignored
cardioids are used for
interviews, concerts
bidirectional: pick up sound wave … from … sides, … and … or … and …. the remaining sides are … used for things such as … on …
evenly; 2; left; right; front; rear; ignored; interviews; podcasts
hypercardioid: … polar pattern. main pickup area is similar to the … pick up pattern, but the front pick up area is more … and there is a small …
multidirectional; cardioid; narrow; rear pick up
hypercardioid is more …. than cardioid
directional
shotgun: most … microphone polar pattern. very … with very little pick up on … and in …; used for …
directional; narrow front range; sides; rear; production
