A microphone that picks up sound from the front of the unit. Also called a "unidirectional" mic, the term cardioid comes from "kardia," which means heart in Greek. The cardioid mic pattern loosely ...

Shure introduced UniPlex, its new 5mm subminiature cardioid lavalier microphone engineered to be the ideal, discrete solution for speaking applications where rejection of stage noise, an audience, or ...

NZXT has made a name for itself with PC cases and CPU coolers, but the company has been branching out to peripherals recently, and the Capsule Mini is proof it should continue doing so. The NZXT ...

Sennheiser has this week launched a new USB cardioid condenser microphone in the form of the Profile. Designed to support Windows, macOS, iOS and Android devices. The Profile features a cardioid ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Audio recording was once limited to just a few inventive people creating content, but more people than ever are now recording their own audio ...

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.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Audio-Technica is known for reasonably priced mics that do a good job—thank you and goodnight. Up ...

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