Audio Class: The Tools: Microphones
Condenser (Electret) Microphones
- Moving diaphgragm only (no coil to
move)
- Mostly flatter than dynamic mics
- Mostly more sensitive than dynamic
mics
- Requires power
- Traditional mics required
high-voltage power supplies
- Modern electret mics require
only battery (or phantom)
- Mostly not as rugged as dynamic mics
- Diagram of
construction
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Audio Class © 1993 Richard
Crowley