If you have arrived at this page, you likely want to know how to get more out of your auditory capture device so that your listeners can admire the smoothness of your dulcet tones.

Types of Microphone

This is one of the most important ones in terms of handling and address. The Shure SM58 dynamic mic can be, (and from the look of some of ours, has been) dropped out of a helicopter and still used for a respectable gig at the other end. However there are some high-end ribbon mics used for voice over that you can damage simply by shouting at them.

Dynamic Microphones

These microphones are some of the more common around and are at the time of writing used by URY in our studios with our SM7Bs and in OBs with our SM58 microphones. They work due to an induction coil attached to the diaphragm moving in response to changes in sound pressure within a magnetic field, this generates a current proportional to the original noise.

Advantages

• Better rejection of background noise
• Usually has more directional pickup pattern
• Does not require Phantom Power
• Less sensitive to physical handling

Disadvantages=

• Non-uniform frequency response
• Struggles with far away sounds

Pickup Patterns

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  Omnidirectional
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  Bi-directional or Figure of 8
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  Subcardioid
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  Cardioid
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  Hypercardioid
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  Supercardioid
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