At 23:27 08 December 2012, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Friday, December 7, 2012 2:25:17 PM UTC-8, John Carlyle wrote:
It's my understanding that the "dynamic" microphones are really
capacitiv=
e microphones. This is indeed the design that sound studios use.=20

While we are on corrections. There is really no such thing as a type of
mic=
rophones "studios use". Go into any recording studio and you'll see a mix
o=
f dynamic, condenser and ribbon microphones used for recording anything
fro=
m vocals to guitar cabinets to drums (and on a singe drum kit you might
hav=
e all types of microphones used at once). And every now and again you'll
se=
e things like a speaker used as a microphone on a kick drum,... just an
ove=
rsized dynamic mic.

And if anything high-end vocal studio mics tend to be condenser not
dynamic=
types, e.g. require phantom power and are more sensitive than dynamic
mics=
.. But even for vocals you'll potentially see all types used.

Darryl


A bit off subject, but,,,, I remember my old school had a new system of
Tannoy Loudspeakers installed in each of the classrooms.

Our head teacher would give use the usual morning pep-talk, always starting
with slurp, slurp, 'Attention boys this is your Headmaster speaking'.
slurp.

What I found out when visiting his study, was that the loadspeakers could
be turned into microphones by a click of a switch, so he could monitor each
class in turn... What a Crafty So and So...