Classification of Microphones
Feedback & Impedance
Audio Basics
Audio Basics pt. II
Mic Pick Up Patterns
100

This is a very sensitive mic that looks like a satellite dish. It's designed to pick up sound from a distance. 

Parabolic Mic 

100

This mics are usually inexpensive  

High Impedance 

100

What is any sound that is not dialogue. They help set the mood and enhance the action of a program.

Music and Sound Effects 

100

What is another for natural sound 

Nat Sound


100
Mic with a pick-up pattern that captures sound from primarily one direction. 

Cardioid Mic 

200

This type of mic requires an external power source 

Condenser Mic 

200

Which impedance can tolerate longer cable length 

low impedance 

200

The sound present in a room or at a location before human occupation 

Room Tone 

200

What is off camera narration 

provided by talent that is heard but not seen. 

200

How well a mic hears sounds from various directions 

Pick-up Pattern 

300

The most sensitive type of mic used in television

Ribbon Mic 

300

What is the abbreviation of Low and High Impedance 

LoZ and HiZ

300

The audio portion of a program created through dialogue or narration

Voice Track 

300

Program narration provided by on screen talent 

On-Camera Narration

300

Mic with a pick-up pattern that captures sound from every direction equally well

Omni-directional 
400

A very rugged type of mic that has good sound reproduction ability 

Dynamic Mic

400

This is a high pitch squeal that occurs when a microphone picks up sound coming from a speaker.

Feedback 

400

Sound that would be normally heard in that environment 

Environmental Sound 

400

This type of sound enhances a story and is important to the shot

Natural Sound 

400

What does hyper cardioid mean 

mic with a narrower and longer pick up pattern then cardioid

500

What type of mic is used in this scenario "Students taking video media every year at a school" 

Boundary Mic 

500

What is impedance 

a kind of signal sent through a microphone 

500

A type of environmental sound that is not focus or most important sound in a shot 

Background Sound 

500

What famous actor come to mind for voice track 

Morgan Freeman 

500

What does super cardioid mean  

a mic with an extremely narrow pick-up pattern