Condensor Microphone

From Audio Recording

In a capacitor microphone, also known as a condenser microphone, the diaphragm acts as one plate of a capacitor, and the distance changing vibrations produce changes in a voltage maintained across the capacitor plates. Capacitor microphones can be expensive and require a power supply, but give a high-quality sound signal and are used in laboratory and studio recording applications.

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