Microphone Research

In the music lesson that I had this morning I had to do some research on microphones:

Different types of mics: Condenser or Dynamic

Polar Pattern

Uses (What Instruments)

Dynamic Microphones

Shure SM57 -  This Microphone is used for clean reproduction of amplified and acoustic instruments. The insturments that this microphone would be used for are snare drums and guitar amps. The polar pattern that the Shure SM57 uses is carioid.

                                   

Beyer Dynamic M201 -  This microphone can be used for a wide variety of applications, but drums have become the favourite instrument to record pick up pattern enables the recording engineer to easily isolate individual components of the kit and it's a particular favourite on the hi-hat. The Beyer Dynamic M201 mic uses a hypercardioid polar pattern. 

AKG D112- The AKG D112 mic has become known worldwide as the best kick drum microphone ever made. This is because heavy-footed drummers won’t faze it, because the D112 handles up to 160 dB SPL with no audible distortion. This microphone uses the cardioid polar pattern.

Electro Voice RE20 - This microphone uses a carioid polar pattern. The electro voice mic is mainly used for broadcasting like on a radio station.

 

Condenser Microphones

AKG C1000 - The AKG C1000 is a very popular microphone which is ideally suited to recording any kinds of instruments and live sound applications. This mic is also battery powered so it makes it a good mic to use mobile. The AKG C1000 has a PPC which allows the mic to be switched from cardioid to hypercardioid polar pattern. 

M Audio Solaris - The M Audio Solaris is a large diaphragm condenser mic which is designed for professional studio recording applications. This microphone uses two different polar patterns and they are cardioid and omnidirectional.