Understanding Mic Specifications - Part I - Operating Principle

Understanding Mic Specification Part I by Shure. We discuss the Operating Principle -- how dynamic and condenser microphones work. Part 1 of 4.

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[bennysmoke]

My sound engineering professor linked me to y’all in our microphone lesson so y’all killin it

[strayferal]

Just saw all the 4 parts. Very useful video and very well done. Thank you!

[gnuPirate]

Would love videos on safe disassembly of various shure mics. (For example, on Beta SM57A, which I am currently working on, and has glued-sections)

[montuotojo]

Hello Sure. It would be really helpful if you did a tutorial about impedance matching. Cheers!

[JosephVM]

Can you make a video on Ribbon Microphones and Crystal Microphones..?

[Layarion]

I'm really confused, higher frequencies have more *energy*, so why do they have a harder time with dynamics?

[Lucian_Andries]

Hello!
I know this is an old video, but can you still help me get the microphone I need? :(
Basically I need a long distance microphone for my HT-PC. I stay in bed and use Voice-to-Text and Cortana a lot, and I need something to hear me clearly from 2m+, without mumbling and background noise...
And from the video I got that Cardioid is the type I need. But I still don't understand which has a better sensitivity, the ones that say "-70db" or "-10db"? I'm still confused... And on top of that there are stores that write the sensitivity in "mV", which I don't know what it means...

I've also seen mics with If I connect them to the 3.5 jack, why can't they get power from there?? It's not wireless to need batteries! :(

Can you help me understand some of the stuff? And maybe help recommend one to me? I guess budget is out of the question for this... Doesn't matter, I'll manage.

Also: Usually there's a minus "-" sign in front of each sensitivity number. Is that important?
Because if it's scaled from below 0db, than -10db is a higher number than -50db... Right? God it's all

Thank you in advance!!

[ayusharipirala]

So what exactly happens when the condenser is overloaded? Does it stop working? Does it produce noise?

[theyhaventfedmesince]

I saw pokeball on the thumbnail, and I clicked. I hate how I've become a very simple person

[johneygd]

I dit some tests with both electrostatic & magneticalstatic microphones using both on magnetic and electicalstatic speakers, in both cases with low and highpass filters.
If i connect a magnetic microphone to a magnetic speaker i can hear hum but if i connect a electrostatic microphone to a electrostatic speaker, i can hear my voice much clearer.
However if i connect a electrostatic microphone to a magnetic speaker or a magnetical microphone to electrostatic speaker, thern there will be a small, also if you filter use a highpass filter on a magnetical microphone to a staticalelectrical speaker, i actualy hear no difference when i connect a statical microphone that way to it.
So it matters alot in how you use stuff to make a clear difference or barely hear any difference at all.

[zelinarodriguez]

i wonder how they figured all this out or if they just made the things then figured out how it worked

[WeeklyTV]

how does the plastic diaphragm affect the electrical field of the metal plate?

[christinaaguilera-iosy]

Zanmim Yo dim yo paka tandem nan microphone lan le yo téléphone mobile mw pas tandem yo

[SHAIJU]

Pg42 have noice problem how can I change its capsule can you do a video for that
And can you tell me where it's available capsule

[kailenparker]

i just hovered my mouse over this video without clicking it and knew how a mic worked XD

[ifixsolutions]

why don`t they combine the 2 types of microphones into one ? a dynamic condenser microphone :)

[christinaaguilera-iosy]

I miss you already Britney Spears i love you

[bittersweetdarkcoco]

because speakers do have the same materials as in a mic :)

[Shyzah]

inside of a mic kinda looks like the inside of a speaker

[Shyzah]

nope.. unless its a cheap speaker... a mic doesnt have a spider, cone, ect...PPWWNNNEEDDD