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Journal Article

A History of High-Quality Studio Microphones

Authors: Olson, Harry F.

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society · Volume 24 · Issue 10 · pp. 798–807 · December 1976

Abstract

The advent of radio broadcasting, electrical recording of disc records, and sound motion pictures, all in the 1920s, stimulated the development and commercialization of high-quality studio microphones as follows the omnidirectional condenser and dynamic microphones of the 1920s, and the bidirectional velocity and unidirectional microphones of the early 1930s. Microphones are still classified in these three basic types of directivity. Important and significant state-of-the-art improvements have been made through the years to the present time.

Details

Publication
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
Volume
24
Issue
10
Pages
798–807
Publication date
December 6, 1976
Affiliation
RCA Laboratories, Princeton, NJ (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Journal Article