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    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 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 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 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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    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 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 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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    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 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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 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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    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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  • 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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    for interfacing wired audio equipment, such as headphones, speakers, microphones, mixing consoles, and electronic musical instruments (e.g. electric guitars...
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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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    A valve microphone is a condenser microphone which uses a valve amplifier rather than a transistor circuit. Microphones have been in use since the early...
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  • noise-canceling microphone is a microphone that is designed to filter ambient noise. The development is a special case of the differential microphone topology...
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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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    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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  • Microphone Champion is the second studio album by English grime MC Skepta, released on 1 June 2009. It includes the single "Too Many Man" featuring Boy...
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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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