Equipment and materials · term
Microphone transducer
Also known as mic transducer, microphone element, capsule.
The microphone element that converts acoustic energy into a corresponding electrical signal.
In practice
The operating principle describes how that conversion happens. Common production choices include condenser, moving-coil dynamic, and ribbon elements; it is separate from a microphone’s polar pattern, frequency response, connector, or physical form.
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