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A Simple Microphone Preamplifier Design to Support the Teaching of Introductory Electronics to Students of Audio

Authors: Gaskell, Robert-Eric

AES Conference: 50th International Conference: Audio Education · Paper 4-4 · July 2013

Abstract

This paper describes an educational microphone preamplifier design (the “EMP”) intended to teach the basic concepts of electrical engineering that may be useful to students in undergraduate audio engineering and sound recording programs. The design is broken up into simple sub-circuit modules that can be built and tested as part of a laboratory section of a larger course when supported by a series of lectures on basic DC and AC circuit theory. In laboratory exercises, students may swap components within the included design to learn about the function of each sub-circuit. The combined sub-circuits provide students with a low-cost yet high quality microphone preamplifier.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 50th International Conference: Audio Education
Paper number
4-4
Publication date
July 6, 2013
Affiliation
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper