AKG's trio of condenser microphones offer a lot of bang for your buck. Aimed at anyone setting up a home studio or recording ...

The entry-level C104, C114 and C151 promise to balance professional performance with user-friendly design, flexibility and ...

Back in 2014, audio brand Røde released an all-in-one USB condenser microphone that's still a popular choice for podcasters and streaming content creators today. Now the company has announced an ...

Mic modeling has come a long way in just a few years, and modern software plugins, to these ears, get quite close to the real deal. Universal Audio has been at the forefront of this technology for a ...

Fig. 1: Diagrams from Wente’s 1916 patent application show the condenser microphone in cutaway view. Diaphragm (#6), which is grounded, is stretched only 5/10000th of an inch from the backplate (#7), ...

When designing a microphone assembly the other day, I reached for an electret condenser microphone capsule without thinking. To be strictly accurate I ordered a pack of them, these small cylindrical ...

Don’t know your dynamic from your ribbon or condenser microphones? Here’s what you need to know about live and studio microphones When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

I recently had the opportunity to build a lavalliere microphone. The goal is to have a lavalliere microphone drive a small audio amplifier with an appropriate signal level. Technically, the lavalliere ...

If you've heard the terms dynamic, condenser, and ribbon mic before and wondered what they actually mean, we're here to help When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use. The Ember is a condenser microphone, which is popular among ...

Each of the three microphones below is very well-priced for what it delivers, and also happens to be one of the best mics ...

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