Elgato makes a ton of products for streamers, but if you wanted an Elgato-branded mic, that just wasn't a possibility...until now! Today Andy checks out the feature-packed Elgato Wave:3 mic, giving a ...

AKG's trio of condenser microphones offer a lot of bang for your buck. Aimed at anyone setting up a home studio or recording ...

If you've heard the terms dynamic, condenser, and ribbon mic before and wondered what they actually mean, we're here to help When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

When designing a microphone assembly the other day, I reached for an electret condenser microphone capsule without thinking. To be strictly accurate I ordered a pack of them, these small cylindrical ...

Just how important is a video or stream's audio quality? We think it is arguably more important than the video quality, so ...

There was a time when a microphone for most people was a cheap plastic affair that probably came for free with their sound card, but in the age of pandemic video streaming no desktop is complete ...

Fig. 1: Diagrams from Wente’s 1916 patent application show the condenser microphone in cutaway view. Diaphragm (#6), which is grounded, is stretched only 5/10000th of an inch from the backplate (#7), ...

Professional condenser microphones require a 48-V supply to charge the internal capacitive transducer and power the internal buffer for the high-impedance transducer output. You can use a simple boost ...

This compact USB-C microphone from Shure is designed to plug into any USB-C smartphone and captures high-quality audio up to ...