A microphone, colloquially called a mic (/maɪk/), or mike, is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal. Microphones are used in many...
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The Microphones were an American indie folk, indie rock, and experimental project from Olympia, Washington. The project was founded in 1996 and ended...
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Microphonics, microphony, or microphonism describes the phenomenon wherein certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into...
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A wireless microphone, or cordless microphone, is a microphone without a physical cable connecting it directly to the sound recording or amplifying equipment...
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A microphone stand is a free-standing mount for a microphone. It allows the microphone to be positioned in the studio, on stage or on location without...
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lavalier microphone or lavalier (also known as a lav, lapel mic, clip mic, body mic, collar mic, neck mic or personal mic) is a small microphone used for...
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A ribbon microphone, also known as a ribbon velocity microphone, is a type of microphone that uses a thin aluminum, duraluminum or nanofilm of electrically...
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A contact microphone is a form of microphone that senses audio vibrations through contact with solid objects. Unlike normal air microphones, contact microphones...
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The carbon microphone, also known as carbon button microphone, button microphone, or carbon transmitter, is a type of microphone, a transducer that converts...
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Røde Microphones (/ˈroʊd/; stylized RØDE) is an Australian-based audio technology company specializing in the design and manufacture of microphones, headphones...
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A throat microphone, also called a laryngophone, is a type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat by way of single...
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A boundary microphone (or pressure zone microphone) is one or more small omnidirectional or cardioid condenser mic capsule(s) positioned near or flush...
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microphone blocker is a phone microphone connector used to trick feature phones that have a physical microphone switch to disconnect the microphone....
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The lip-ribbon microphone (also known as the "commentator's lip" microphone) is a type of ribbon microphone designed specially for use by live news reporters...
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A parabolic microphone is a microphone that uses a parabolic reflector to collect and focus sound waves onto a transducer, in much the same way that a...
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A microphone array is any number of microphones operating in tandem. There are many applications: Systems for extracting voice input from ambient noise...
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Blue Microphones (legally Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics, LLC) is an American audio production company owned by Logitech that designs and produces...
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Hot mic (redirect from Microphone gaffe)
sometimes referred to as an open microphone or (in aviation) a stuck mic, is in general an apparent error in which a microphone is switched on or remains on...
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A human microphone, also known as the people's microphone, is a means for delivering a speech to a large group of people, wherein persons gathered around...
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Audio feedback (redirect from Microphone hum (Causes of, how to eliminate))
example, a microphone or guitar pickup) and an audio output (for example, a loudspeaker). In this example, a signal received by the microphone is amplified...
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Phantom power (category Microphones)
applied to both signal wires in balanced microphone cables, forming a phantom circuit, to operate microphones that contain active electronic circuitry...
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Alone at the Microphone is Royal City's second album. "Bad Luck" – 3:27 "Under a Hallow Tree" – 1:49 "My Brother is the Meatman" – 3:08 "Spacy Basement"...
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Pop filter (redirect from Microphone net)
pop filter, pop shield or pop screen is a noise protection filter for microphones, typically used in a recording studio. It serves to reduce or eliminate...
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The Soundfield microphone is an audio microphone composed of four closely spaced subcardioid or cardioid (unidirectional) microphone capsules arranged...
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An electret microphone is a microphone whose diaphragm forms a capacitor (historically-termed a condenser) that incorporates an electret. The electret's...
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A laser microphone is a surveillance device that uses a laser beam to detect sound vibrations in a distant object. It can be used to eavesdrop with minimal...
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Phone connector (audio) (redirect from Microphone jack)
for interfacing wired audio equipment, such as headphones, speakers, microphones, mixing consoles, and electronic musical instruments (e.g. electric guitars...
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into an electrical signal. Microphone may also refer to: "Microphone" (Darin song) "Microphone" (Slaughterhouse song) Microphone (film), a 2010 Egyptian...
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Stereophonic sound (redirect from Stereo microphone)
is captured, with any natural reverberation present, by an array of microphones. The signal is then reproduced over multiple loudspeakers to recreate...
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Many different electrical connectors have been used to connect microphones to audio equipment—including PA systems, radios, tape recorders, and numerous...
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