Recording Microphones Explorer
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| Sony 719 | Sony CS10 | ||||||
| Usage |
person, room | person | person |
person, room |
concert |
room |
room, hall |
| Position |
tie pin, table |
tie pin | on recorder |
on recorder |
table, vari-angle
stand |
table |
table |
| Directivity |
uni stereo | uni | uni (angle) mono |
uni stereo |
uni panoramic
stereo |
uni stereo |
uni (sharpened)
stereo |
| Freq Hz | 100-15k | 50-16k | 100-15k | 100-15k |
100-15k | 100-10k | stereo: 80-18k zoom: 150-12k |
| Sensitivity dB | -46±4 | -40±3.5 | -34±3.5 | -38±3.5 | -45±4 | -42±4 | stereo: -40±3 zoom H: -22±4 zoom L: -28±4 |
| Power |
plug in, 1 AAA | plug in, cr2025 | plug in |
plug in |
1 AA |
plug in, 1 AAA |
cr2025 |
| DIM
mm |
51x34x30 | 11x31 | 10x45 |
58x16x57 |
29x127 |
54x11x86 |
121x36x23 |
| Weight
g |
28 | 15 | 15 |
10 |
110 |
38 |
63 |
| Cord |
1.5m | x |
x |
OFC 1.5m |
0.7m |
1.5m |
Legend key
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| Usage |
A recording environment can be as simple as an interview, or more demanding like a live concert. Each has different, and increasing, demands for levels of noise reduction (ie. how good at focusing), and range sensitivity (quality of sound pickup). A mic designed to perform optimally up to a certain level of environment will give inferior recordings if you use it beyond what it is intended for. A mic for live concerts is surely too good for interviews. But, a mic suited at best for lectures will not do for live performances. We classify usages accordingly as ..
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| type |
A mic is either uni or multi directional. Uni mics record sound from where it is pointed to, eg. interview. Some sound from the sides and back may be recorded too, and are called noise, bcoz presuming they are unwanted. The better mics are able to reduce these noises. Just like a camera with optical zooming, mics with zooming are able to focus on further away targets, eg. lecture. Multi-directional mics record all sound from its surroundings, eg. in a jungle, even preserving the spatial feel, ie. frog on the bottom left, bird chirping on the top right. |
| power |
plug in power most mic jack provides power to the mic
battery higher end mics need and have their own power supply via batteries (AAA or cr2025 - the M&M shape) |
| dim mm |
Dimension |
| weight g |
Of the mic unit, excluding trailing cord if any |
| hold |
How the mic is expected to be positioned, other than on a surface |