Here are a list of different microphones of which most are available to students enrolled in the Anglia Ruskin Music Department. The reason I have decided to put them into my blog is because I have used some of these microphones to complete both of my recording technique assessments. I know that they will be of use to me in the near future as a useful resource that I can look back at.
There are 14 microphones listed below which all include a picture of the microphone, the name of the microphone, and the type of microphone:
Some of these microphones give you the option to change the polarity via the setting that is physically on the microphone. For example, the AKG 414 that is in the picture above. As you can see there is a light below the XLS button, by pressing this button the light will move to the different settings and alternate the polarity. Polarity dictates how I microphone picks up sound. For example, cardioid picks up sound from only the front of thr microphone, while a omnidirectional polarity picks up sound from all directions. Some others include, super cardioid, figure of eight, halfcardiod and hypercardioid. Sometimes you may have to change the capsule like the Octava MK-012 to change polarity.
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