Microphone Types and Polar Patterns
- Created by: hlouiset
- Created on: 03-02-16 12:23
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- Microphone Types
- Condenser Microphone
- Wide, extended and generally more linear frequency response
- Detailed, clear sound with good high frequency response
- Sensitive with good transient response
- Phantom powered
- High output levels
- Less gain required at the mixer
- Dynamic Microphone
- More colouration in the frequency response
- Good for high sound pressure levels
- Slow transient response
- Robust and reliable
- Quite low output levels
- High gain needed at the mixer
- Low level of performer handling noise
- Condenser Microphone
- Polar Patterns
- Omnidirectional
- Exhibit a wide, flat, extended frequency response
- Give good pick up of low and high frequencies
- Will pick up a lot of room reverberation
- Poor isolation of sound source
- Not affected by proximity effect
- Cardioid
- Rejects reverberation, background noise and spill
- Gives better isolation
- Good for stereo coincident or near-coincident miking
- Exhibits the proximity effect
- Widest front angle pick up and best rear rejection
- Hypercardioid
- Most side rejection
- Most isolation
- Most reverberation, spill and background noise rejection
- Bi-directional
- Good front and rear pick up
- Maximum rejection of sound arriving at the sides
- Shotgun
- Narrow front pick up area
- Polar patterns depend on the placement of the microphone in relation to venue and sound source
- Omnidirectional
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