A Microphone for Informal Use

Wigington LM, Carrell RM. A Microphone for Informal Use. J Audio Eng Soc. 1955;3(2):77-81. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=25

@article{Wigington1955_25,
  author = {Wigington, L. M. and Carrell, Ross M.},
  title = {{A Microphone for Informal Use}},
  journal = {Journal of the Audio Engineering Society},
  volume = {3},
  number = {2},
  pages = {77--81},
  year = {1955},
  month = apr,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=25}
}

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AB  - Present-day television audio technique often requires that a small microphone be placed near the performer or even be worn by him. The mechanical and acoustical requirements of such a microphone differ from those of a conventional dialogue microphone. Real voice measurements employing an integrating audiospectrometer are used to indicate the nature of the frequency response characteristic required by a chest microphone to provide a normal overall balance. Some market variations in the speech spectra at different points on the chest are observed. The new RCA BK-6A microphone is desinged especially for use as a chest microphone. It is intended for -informal,- -off-mike- use as contrasted with the -formal- manner of address customary with microphones of the type common in AM broadcasting and in recording practice. Real voice spectrograms of this microphone and of the RCA 77-D microphone are presented, showing the similarity in overall speech balance obtained.
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