When designing a microphone assembly the other day, I reached for an electret condenser microphone capsule without thinking. To be strictly accurate I ordered a pack of them, these small cylindrical ...

Elgato makes a ton of products for streamers, but if you wanted an Elgato-branded mic, that just wasn't a possibility...until now! Today Andy checks out the feature-packed Elgato Wave:3 mic, giving a ...

A dynamic mic uses electromagnetic induction and a condenser mic uses variable capacitance. Dynamic mics are less sensitive, while condensers capture more detail but also pick up more noise. Dynamic ...

Marc Storch is a commerce writer currently based in Denver, Colorado. He is passionate about making tech accessible to all and being excellent to each other. Outside of writing about tech and video ...

The Sennheiser MK4 condenser microphone has a large gold-plated diaphragm and is the perfect studio mic for vocals and voice-overs. In the world of high-end microphones, the kind that are used for ...

If you’re an aspiring recording artist or engineer, there are a few things you’re going to need off the bat. Your instrument is a good start. A solid interface is a must-have. And finally, you’re ...

I'm trying to figure out if I'm doing something wrong or if this the way it's supposed to be/sound. I run sound at our church and our pastor has a pretty loud booming voice and keeps the mic on his ...

Broadcast engineers get paid to wear many hats. From brushing snow off uplink dishes, to programming automation systems, we find ourselves with plenty of responsibilities. While many tasks are ...

Fig. 1: Diagrams from Wente’s 1916 patent application show the condenser microphone in cutaway view. Diaphragm (#6), which is grounded, is stretched only 5/10000th of an inch from the backplate (#7), ...

The MV88 USB-C is a condenser microphone with four polar pattern options: stereo, mono cardioid, mono bidirectional, and raw ...

The compact, low-cost condenser mic audio amplifier described here provides good-quality audio of 0.5 watts at 4.5 volts. It can be used as part of intercoms, walkie-talkies, low-power transmitters, ...