What is a large diaphragm condenser mic with variable polar patterns.
What is a "good all around microphone" to start with on a limited budget. This mic is good for different scenarios. Good for vocals and acoustic instruments.
100
Shure SM58
What is the industry standard dynamic mic.
100
Who is Geoff Emerick.
Risked his job at EMI studios in London by fulfilling request of John Lennon.
200
What is a pop filter.
What should be placed between vocalist and microphone?
200
What is proximity effect
mics in the cardioid pattern are particularly sensitive to something called?
300
What is P, B, and T
The letters that create unwanted pops and thuds in recordings.
300
6 to 8 inches from the strings, or at the 12th fret.
What is a simple technique for recoding an acoustic guitar with a single microphone.
300
What is sibilance
What is the effect of the sounds from the letters like S,s, T's, or K's.
400
What is a shock mount.
This reduces noise and isolates microphone from unwanted vibrations.
400
If you want more top end in the sound from an acoustic guitar
What effect is placing the mic towards the neck of the guitar.
500
6 to 8 inches from the microphone
What is the distance a vocalist should start out from the pop filter.
500
Use a bridge transducer pickup through a direct box into a PA.
What might be the preferable way to control an acoustic guitar in a live performance situation.