Microphones

Microphone Types: (Fill in the blanks)

1. Dynamic microphones.
Examples include: Shure SM58, Shure SM57










Construction is _______________________ and comparatively ________________________.

No _______________________ supply is required.

Relatively ___________________________________.

2. Condenser microphones.
Examples include: Rode NT2A, Neumann KM184





Basic Term #4

Directional


Directional microphones are specially designed to respond
best to sound from the front (and rear in the case of bidirec
tionals), while tending to reject sound that arrives from other

directions. This effect also varies with frequency, and only
the better microphones
are able to provide uniform rejection
Good ___________________________
at all ________________________________.

over a wide range of frequencies. This directional ability is

usually the result of external openings and internal passages
Power supply is ______________________________.
in the microphone that allow sound to reach both sides of the
diaphragm in a carefully controlled way. Sound arriving from
Vulnerable to structural
and motion,
___________________________
humidity.
the front____________________________
of the microphone will aid diaphragm
while
sound arriving from the side or rear will cancel diaphragm
motion.
Figure 4
Directional
(Cardioid)
Microphone