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Reading the frequency response chart

Reading the frequency response chart

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Reading the frequency response chart

- [Instructor] It's very important to understand each individual microphone's specification. But these specifications only become really valuable when you consider them all together. In this section we'll consider frequency response, polar response, sensitivity, impedance, sound pressure levels, dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio specs. And as we go through them we'll also be considering how they all work together to provide a clear picture of what we should expect from each different mic. Let's take a look at a few frequency response charts that represent some very commonly used mics in the studio and live on stage. There're really just three microphone types that we most commonly use in the studio or live to capture audio. Dynamic, also called moving coil, condenser and ribbon. The frequency response chart basically just plots the response to the microphone to frequencies across the audible spectrum. So you can tell it starts down here at 20 hertz, and this flat line is zero…

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