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Microphones Theory
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1. The first microphone sold by Shure; Military awarded Shure a contract to build microphones in WWII.
Shure KSM-353
Model 3B Carbon Microphone
Dynamic Mic Characteristics
Increasing Output Voltage in Ribbon Mics
2. Small coil of wire wrapped around the plastic or aluminum diaphragm of a dynamic microphone.
Baffle
Voice Coil
Bidirectional (Electrical Polar Pattern)
Types of Pre-Amps for Condenser Mics
3. Pure polar pattern that receives sound from both the front and back; Also known as a 'Figure 8' pattern; More proximity effect that Cardioid or Hyper Cardioid; Often found in ribbon mics.
Voice Coil
Damping
Bass Amp Mic Placement
Bidirectional
4. Verify that the boom is placed over a microphone leg prior to use to provide added balance and stability.
Ribbon Mic Characteristics
Protractor & Ruler
Boom Placement Rule
AudioTechnica AT4051
5. Keep in proper case; Never disassemble shockmounts
Microphone Care...
Fingerboard
Tube Condenser Microphone
Microphone Storage
6. Barrier made of shaped wire covered with a piece of nylon that is placed between a sensitive mic and the talent to avoid damage to the diaphragm of the mic.
Pop Filter
Roswellite
AKG DYN60
Capacitor
7. Commonly utilize large diaphragm dynamic mics.
Trumpet Mic Placement
Angle of Max Rejection
Bass Amp Mic Placement
Pascals (Pa)
8. Very robust and durable; Used in telephones until 1990's; Currently finds applications for military use.
Ribbon Microphone Sensitivity
Carbon Microphone Uses
Spherical Mic
Examples of Piezoelectric Material
9. The reduction in the amplitude of a wave due to the dissipation of wave energy.
Faraday Cage
Damping
Types of Field Recording
Side Address
10. Bell Labs scientist that was an innovator of many spaced pair and arrayed miking techniques.
Subcardioid
Pascals (Pa)
Trombone Mic Placement
Harvey Fletcher
11. An electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge;
Bidirectional
Ribbon Microphone Sensitivity
Max SPL
Capacitor
12. Device used to calibrate sound pressure measurement devices; Emits a single 1 kHz frequency over a sustained period of time.
End Address
Transient Response
Shure SM57
Pistonphone
13. Extremely narrow area of sensitivity in front with extended reach; Also has multiple lobes which vary in position with frequency; Not made from combining pure patterns - but created by using an interference tube.
Shotgun
Vintage Tube Mic Precautions
Sealed Ni-Cad Battery
Microphone (Word Etymology)
14. Pair of cardioids facing to the front and rear - plus a sideways - facing figure 8; Mid- sides pair plus another rear- facing cardioid which is combined with the same Figure 8 mic for the surrounds.
Over/Under
MSM
3:1 Rule
Hypercardioid
15. Solid State and Tube.
Types of Pre-Amps for Condenser Mics
Pickup
Sennheiser MD421
Jecklin Disk
16. The measuring device used for loudspeaker room response testing.
Real Time Analyzer (RTA)
Nuvistor Tube
Shockmount
Faraday Cage
17. Modern drummer who has created a large kit and innovated several ways of capturing the sound from his massive kit.
Terry Bozzio
Telefunken ELA- M251
SPL Meter
Rudolf Goerike & Ernest Pless
18. Commonly found in acoustic guitar pickups; Ceramic piezoelectric material is used in hydrophones (underwater mics) because of durability.
Mono
Speed of Sound Underwater
AudioTechnica AT4051
Crystal and Ceramic Mic Use
19. A stereo miking technique similar to coincident pair - where the mics are set up with some distance between them; Distance and angle of microphones may differ; Creates a more defined stereo image; Produces very sharp images; Provides more 'air'.
Body
Model 3B Carbon Microphone
Microphone Care...
Near Coincident Pair
20. Mics in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage.
Crystal & Ceramic Microphones
Arrays
Types of Field Recording
Over/Under
21. When using two microphones reverse the polarity of the bottom mic.
Snare Drum Mic Placement
Neumann U67
Goals of Sound Effects
Condenser Diaphragm
22. Omnidirectional: 360
AB Stereo
Electret Condenser
Lowpass Filter
Coverage Angle
23. Microphone consisting of two parallel metal plates - each holding an opposing charge (+ or -) and thus creating a capacitor to induce an electrical charge as sound waves move the diaphragm; Require a solid- state or tube preamplifier.
Blumlein Pairing
Supercardioid
Nuvistor Tube
Condenser Microphone
24. Reduces the power of a signal used when the trim itself cannot prevent overload in the mic line level signal.
Pad
Clutch
Voice Coil
Carbon Microphone Uses
25. 4 to 6 ft. from the player; Mic should be placed below the line of sight of the bell - rotated at about 40 degrees off- axis - and tilted upward.
Sennheiser e604
Trumpet Mic Placement
AudioTechnica AT4040
Boom Placement Rule
26. Used to filter heating current in certain mics; Invented by Georg Neumann.
Altec/Western Electric 639
Phasing
Sealed Ni-Cad Battery
Capacitor Microphone
27. Using omnidirectional as a reference of 1 - this is a measurement of how much farther you can be from a mic to achieve equal output level in other polar pattern microphones.
Faulkner
Proximity Effect
Stereosonic
Distance Factor
28. The method by which microphones are classified.
Ribbon Microphone
Transducer Type
Bass Amp Mic Placement
Stereosonic
29. Tough & rugged microphone that contains an element consisting of a dome- shaped diaphragm and a moving 'voice coil'; Operates on principles of magnetic induction.
End Address
Dynamic Microphone
Neumann KM-84
Magnetic Induction Voltage
30. Most sensitive to sounds arriving from the front while rejecting sounds from rear; Shaped like a heart; Rejects most signals from 180
Crystal & Ceramic Microphones
Omnidirectional (Electrical Polar Pattern)
Microphone Care...
Cardioid
31. Responds to air pressure variations outside of the capsule; Not selective of direction; Natural polar pattern is omnidirectional.
Trumpet Mic Placement
SASS-P
Proximity Effect
Pressure Capsules
32. Built by AKG for Telefunken and regarded as one of the best vintage condenser microphones ever.
AudioTechnica AT4051
DIN
Telefunken ELA- M251
Transducer Type
33. EMI employee that was the innovator of many coincident pairing mic techniques; Mid/Side & Blumlein techniques are associated with him.
Reisz Marble Mic
A-Weighting
Protractor & Ruler
Alan Blumlein
34. Will yield a 6dB increase in output - but will cause a loss of high frequency response.
Doubling Ribbon Length
Fingerboard
Sealed Ni-Cad Battery
Coincident Pair
35. The arm of the mic stand; Includes the angle adjust & telescopic adjust.
Vintage Tube Mic Precautions
Tube Condenser Microphone
Machine Head
Boom
36. Angle of maximum signal rejection in a microphone polar pattern.
Null Angle
Angle of Max Rejection
Real Time Analyzer (RTA)
Types of Pre-Amps for Condenser Mics
37. To break down or disassemble any portion of a set or stage set- up.
Packing
Arrays
Hypercardioid
Striking
38. Adds two outer right and left rear facing mics to a Decca tree for surround sound depth.
Goals of Sound Effects
Rear Sensitivity (Relative to Front)
Phase Ports
Fukada Tree
39. Often look like large diaphragm studio mics; Talk or sing into the side of the microphone.
Side Address
Off-Axis
Microphone Care...
Over/Under
40. Omnidirectional: 0 - Cardioid: 8 - Supercardioid: 12 dB - Hypercardioid: 6 dB - Bidirectional: 0
X/Y
Crystal and Ceramic Mic Use
Rear Sensitivity (Relative to Front)
Neumann U47
41. Shure's ribbon microphone that utilizes Roswellite to prevent ribbon damage.
Fingerboard
Highpass Filter
Shure KSM-353
Machine Head
42. A gradual - continuous decrease in low frequency response.
Pop Filter
Roll-Off
Measurement Mics
Distance Factor (DSF)
43. Tube manufactured for the new version of the AKG C12 (called the C12-A); Powered by Norelco.
Diaphragm
Reverse Polarity
Trumpet Mic Placement
Nuvistor Tube
44. Condenser; Multiple; Side Address; 48V Required; Manufactured by AKG; Dual Diaphragm; Nine selectable pickup patterns; Peak Hold LED; The reference microphone for almost all comparative microphone tests.
Condenser Diaphragm
Shure SM57
Terry Bozzio
AKG C414
45. The first dynamic microphone with changeable polar patterns.
Reisz Marble Mic
Powering Condenser Microphones
Fingerboard
AKG D36
46. Increasing magnetic field strength is the only practical means of increasing output voltage; Conductor movement is limited due to tension of the ribbon; and ribbon length increases lead to a loss of high frequency response.
Increasing Output Voltage in Ribbon Mics
Dynamic Microphone
Shure SM57
Capacitance
47. Founded AKG at the end of WWII in Austria.
Shure Unidyne Series
AKG DYN60
Rudolf Goerike & Ernest Pless
Clutch
48. Captures sounds arriving 90
Microphone (Definition)
Parabolic Systems
Condenser Diaphragm
Boom Placement Rule
49. Cable wrapping method that keeps every coil on top of the next; May cause interference and tiny curls or tangles.
Over/Over
Faraday's Law of Magnetic Induction
Subcardioid
Real Time Analyzer (RTA)
50. Overall measurement close to the overall sound level in frequency response charts.
C-Weighting
Stereo Bar
Omnidirectional (Electrical Polar Pattern)
OSHA Exposure Table
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