microphones

Microphones and there uses?

 

 

Dynamic microphones are very rugged and can be dropped and not break this type of micro phones is commonly used in festivals or weddings.

What’s inside?

Inside this microphone is as follows

Diaphragm

Cone

Magnet

Coil

There key elements make up the inner working of the microphone. The Diaphragm is a tiny piece of plastic the coil is attached to the Diaphragm then the coil moves up and down the magnet.

 

 

Condenser microphones are not rugged at all because if you shout to loud the inner working will snap. This type of microphone is only used in recording studios.

What’s inside?

Inside this microphone is as follows

Front plate (Diaphragm)

Back plate

Battery

A condenser microphone works like a dynamic but instead of a magnet and a coil it has a battery this battery needs an external power source. It has two plates which gets hit by the sound wave and goes around and hits a back. The battery uses a power source called phantom power.

 

The polar patterns means the sensitivity to the direction or angle in which the sound arrives the most common types of direction are omnidirectional, cardioid, bidirectional and super cardioid.

Omnidirectional-

This means the mic can pic everything up from someone whispering to someone dropping a chair a fall of this is that it can cause feedback if it gets too close to a speaker.

Cardioid –

This sort of microphone is the most sensitive at the front and less at the back it also isolates any unwanted ambient sound and more resistant to feedback that makes them most suited for loud places

 

Connecters -

Mono jack - one band

Stereo jack – two bands that can plug in to any device just look at our I phone headphones

XLR  -  these usually have three pins and can connect to passive speakers