EEVblog #602 - Introduction to Microphones

In the first of a series of videos tutorials on microphones, Doug Ford, former head designer at Rode Microphones explains the basics of how microphones work, the different types - carbon, dynamic, ribbon, condensor/electret, and how the omnidirectional pattern works.
Also, the internal construction of a high end measurement microphone.

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[TheChipmunk]

I love any video with Doug in it, he just makes complex explanations so easy to understand, along with a sense of humour :)

[jix]

Always a pleasure to see Doug on the channel.

[AuDHDQ]

One of the legendary episodes of EEVblog.

[kevinbeckenham]

Excellent documentary on microphones Dave & Mate who doing all work, thank's.

[compactc]

I absolutely love these types of videos that teach me how things work and about the design. 

[trahim]

I love Doug. He's always so informative and easy to understand.

[timlikeen]

Thanks guys.That was amazing and helpful. I'm a 59 yr old Bass player and I've bought some equipment to record some original music as well as some of my old band mates music because I want to leave some documents behind when I buy the farm and take a dirt nap lmao.Seriously, I'm in bad health and wake up in the hospital once or twice a year
with tubes coming outta every orifice in my body, not cancer or anything, but I'm trying to learn how mics work and you guys tell it like it is and I'm gonna watch every
f#$%ing video in this series.Ty

[tobortine]

Hey you old convict, we're using metric over here in the old country except for cricket and horse racing. Loved the video, please do more Dave.

The High energy multimeter destruction video kicked ass... Nice to have Doug back on the stage :-)

[tubical]

Cool stuff, when i was a technican in a audio recording studio a came across lots of miks. The ones that impressed me the most where the sennheiser MKH types. As they used RF modulation, like the theremin, to "recreate" the audio.
The "inventor" of the condenser mike was the "Neumann" company as they´ve done the first good working condenser mike ("The Bottle"), while the ribbon technique was first introduced by UK and US based companies (Royer, BBC and RCA)

[TonyDiCola]

Very informative video--looking forward to the next ones.

[babybearkill]

After working Doug at Jands and post era discussions, we all have afirmed the opinion that doug names his electrons and has successfully farmed them.

[martinda]

YouTube have changed the comment system of 08 2017).
Watching this series again, this is pure gold. If only we had

[isettech]

I do live event audio engineering. Found this set of videos very helpful. There is a reason the SM58 is a staple of live sound vocal microphones. Well done.

[cypeapplejuice]

Nice - wasn't expecting this, this morning & just in time for coffee - nice job guys, You're a ledgebag for setting this up Dave, good to see some more audio stuff!

[yaghiyahbrenner]

I like it when there's a guest in the lab, Good talk.

[CoolJoshk]

*Despite what I already know, your Fundamental Fridays teach me much more.

A suggestion for a future FF episode: various oscillator circuits and how they work.*

[jishnum]

i love the way you people enjoy sharing information

[originellerNickname]

As a hobbyist audio engineer, i find this very interesting! thank you!

[JulieAV]

My brother is a former broadcaster and still a musician. He will love this video.