ABSTRACT
Microphones (mics) are the first link in the technical chain that forms an audio production. The choice, placement, and quality of the microphone help determine how strong this link will be. Capturing good audio is essential to video projects; therefore, it is important to understand how your tools, microphones, work. Microphones have existed for more than 100 years. The first was used in Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone to change audible voice signals into electrical energy. It was a simple and inexpensive carbon microphone sensitive to the frequencies of sound typically generated by the human voice.
