Different Microphones:
Dynamic Microphones
Dynamic mics are usually pretty hardy. They are usually cheaper and can be great for both close micing and micing things at distance.
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Large Diaphragm Condensers
Large Diaphragm Condensers are often used to record vocals as they record a lot of detail and nuance but can be expensive.
They will usually will require their own power source or phantom power from a mic preamp.
Used for:
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Vocals
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Room Mics
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When you want to capture the fine details
Shotgun Microphones
A shotgun microphone is a type of microphone that is used in film and TV production. Shotgun mics are highly directional,
which means that they can pick up sound from a certain direction while filtering out background noise. These also use either phantom power or batteries
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Mic Packs
Wireless mics send output signals wirelessly through their built-in transmitters. The transmitter will change the microphone's audio signal into a carrier signal and transmit that wirelessly to the receiver. The receiver will then send this to the sound desk.
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Sennheiser MKE 600
The sennheiser MKE600 Is a shotgun Microphone, It can use 48 but ideally it uses 24v of phantom power. or you can use 1 AA battery to power it. It is very useful for cameras. The microphone has a Lobar Polar Pattern
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SM57
This is a dynamic microphone, The Shure SM57 unidirectional dynamic microphone is great for musical instruments or for vocals. The microphone has a cardioid pickup pattern which isolates the main sound.
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SM58
The Shure SM58 microphone can be used for recording vocals it is traditionally used for live vocals. it gets rid of unwanted noise and gives a balanced frequency response.
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Tascam TB90
The tascam is a condenser type microphone, this type of microphone also requires phantom power
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AKG C451B
This microphone is a type of condenser microphone and is a small diaphragm. this microphone also requires phantom power.
Microphone Pick Up Patterns:
Pick Up Patterns:
Omni Directional - The omni microphone used where sound is detected and is from different directions. Those used are very close like: lavaliers, headsets,
Cardiod - Cardioid microphones are used where sound is picked up from the front and sides but not the back.
Hyper Cardiod - Hypercardioid microphone is a directed pickup pattern. They are higly directional and are commonly used in filmmaking.
Figure Of 8 - It has a bi-directional pickup pattern, They are handy recording situations. These Microphones pick up sound from very specific directions.
