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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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A microphone blocker is an adapter designed to prevent eavesdropping. There are two types of microphone blockers: active blockers which conduct an electrical...
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Audio feedback (redirect from Microphone hum (Causes of, how to eliminate))
and its audio input (for example, a microphone or guitar pickup). In this example, a signal received by the microphone is amplified and passed out of the...
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Piano and a Microphone 1983 is a posthumously released album by Prince, released on CD, vinyl, and digital formats on September 21, 2018. It is the first...
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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 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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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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Rapping (redirect from Microphone Controller)
later that decade. Rapping developed from the announcements made over the microphone at parties by DJs and MCs, evolving into more complex lyrical performances...
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Covert listening device (redirect from Remotely activated mobile phone microphone)
wire, is usually a combination of a miniature radio transmitter with a microphone. The use of bugs, called bugging, or wiretapping is a common technique...
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term microphone preamplifier can either refer to the electronic circuitry within a microphone, or to a separate device or circuit that the microphone is...
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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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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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into an electrical signal. Microphone may also refer to: "Microphone" (Darin song) "Microphone" (Slaughterhouse song) Microphone (film), a 2010 Egyptian...
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JZ Microphones (Juris Zarins Microphones) is a Latvian manufacturer of professional microphones and recording accessories. JZ Microphones was established...
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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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