Vocalists and acoustic performers need no longer hide their painful envy of guitarists able to plug an electric instrument into an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. IK Multimedia has announced the ...

IK Multimedia, the same dudes and dudettes responsible for the downright hilarious iKlip, seem to be on somewhat of a hot streak. This week, the company's hitting back with the iRig iMic, hailed as ...

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 ...

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

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), ...

In the Aug. 10 issue, we wrote about the centennial of condenser microphones. Let’s look more closely at electret condenser microphones. Fig. 1: The few components that make up an electret microphone.

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 ...

Using a speaker as a microphone is a trick old enough to have become common knowledge, but how often do you see the hack reversed? As part of a larger project to measure the acoustic power of a ...

When stacked against boom microphones, which are popular among professionals, lav mics come out on top as more versatile, owing to factors like compact size, portability, and ease of use. If you’re a ...

In a late-November post, I discussed various microphone options available (I quote) “in terms of options for you to consider using in your next virtual work meetings and/or off-hours jam sessions.” At ...