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Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones

Lesson 4 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video Production

Tomas George

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Lesson Info

4. Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones

<b>In this lesson, you will learn the differences between dynamic and condenser microphones and which is most suitable for you.</b>

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Introduction and Welcome to this Course

00:50
2

Listen to your Recording Environment

03:43
3

Room Treatment Tips

03:07
4

Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones

02:35
5

Recommended Pro-Level Microphones

02:55
6

Recommended Budget Level Mics

02:35
7

Microphone Audio Comparisons

05:53
8

What is an Audio Interface and How is it Useful

01:48
9

Recommended Pro-Level Audio Interfaces

01:35
10

Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces

01:46
11

My Thoughts on USB Microphones

00:45
12

Microphone Positioning and Accessories

04:09
13

Essential Microphone Polar Patterns

03:17
14

Recommended Monitors and Headphones

03:55
15

Other Audio Monitoring Tips

02:41
16

Introduction to Capturing Audio

00:18
17

Recommend Audio Recording Software and DAWs

06:28
18

A Quick Look at Some Handy Recorders

02:39
19

Audacity Introduction

00:45
20

Setting up to Record Audio in Audacity

03:49
21

How to Record Audio into Audacity

02:54
22

Other Features of Audacity - Playback, Zoom, Undo + Save

04:15
23

How to Export Audio out of Audacity

03:37
24

Essential Audio Editing Tools in Audacity

08:07
25

Removing Silence, Splitting + Joining Clips

03:17
26

Essential Key Command or Keyboard Shortcuts in Audacity

03:06
27

Removing Background Noise Introduction

02:48
28

How to use the Noise Gate Effect in Audacity

12:54
29

How to use the Noise Reduction Effect in Audacity

11:15
30

Mixing and Processing your Audio Introduction

02:32
31

A Quick Look at the Filter Curve or EQ Effect

10:35
32

A Quick Look at Compression and the Normalize Effect

11:21
33

How to set up an Effects Macro in Audacity

03:23
34

Adding Audio Effects to Audio Clips in Premiere Pro

06:06
35

Gain/Volume in Premiere Pro

03:36
36

Parametric EQ - Part 1 : An Overview of EQ and the Plugin

11:08
37

Parametric EQ - Part 2A : Mixing Examples

15:56
38

Parametric EQ - Part 2B : Mixing Examples - Example 2

11:31
39

Parametric EQ - Part 3 - More Settings + Features

05:14
40

Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 1: DeNoise

09:24
41

Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 2: DeReverb

06:25
42

Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 1: Introduction

02:47
43

Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 2: Threshold + Ratio

04:16
44

Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 3: Make up Gain

03:15
45

Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 4: Attack and Release + 2nd Example

06:30
46

How to use a DeEsser Audio Effect in Premiere Pro

12:00
47

How to use the Hard Limiter Audio Effect in Premiere Pro

06:48
48

How to use an Audio Meter in Premiere Pro - Loudness Radar

08:28
49

Behind the Scenes of my Audio Recording Equipment

07:16
50

Thanks and Bye

00:12

Lesson Info

Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones

OK. So now we're going to look at microphones and finding the right microphone for you for recording audio. So we have two microphones we're gonna look at the first one is a dynamic microphone. So these microphones generally are more inexpensive and they're very durable. Which means if you drop them, probably not gonna break, I don't ever recommend dropping a microphone, but they are very tough durable. And these microphones really are great and bad sounding rooms because they're not as sensitive as the other type of microphone. They pick up a smaller polar pattern. So for example, this microphone here is a dynamic microphone, it picks up a small pattern around it rather than a more sensitive microphone. A condenser microphone, a dynamic microphone is great really if you have an untreated room and that way you don't have to worry about picking up too much of the room sound because it's not quite sensitive but being not as sensitive means, it doesn't pick up some of the the higher tones...

of the voice, it can sound a bit nicer with the other type of microphone, which is a condenser microphone. So if you hear any pro level recordings then normally be using a condenser microphone because it's more sensitive. It picks up the higher range of the voice, some nicer tones, nicer clarity a lot of the time. But these microphones as they're more sensitive, they pick up more of the the room around them so they pick up more of the room sounds. So if you're an untreated room, I don't recommend using a condenser microphone. One microphone. I hear all the time is a blue Yeti which is a fine microphone. It's OK. But I hear people in untreated room use this condenser microphone and it always picks up the big room sound and I really don't recommend using a condenser microphone unless you've treated your room. So just be careful of that, they are more sensitive as well and they're generally, yeah, are a bit more fragile than dynamic microphones. And condenser microphones also need Phantom power. So an additional 48 volts. But if you have an audio interface, it should have a little buttons that says plus 48 V or Phantom power, which you need to turn on if you're using a condenser microphone. So you need to think really, where are you gonna be recording? Are you gonna be treating your room? Are you gonna be treating your room effectively? If you are, then maybe you can consider a condenser microphone. However, if you have a lot of outside noise, if you have airplanes go past or if you have the neighbors uh having barbecues all the time. Well, loads loads of things you can't control. Then maybe you want a dynamic microphone, then maybe it won't pick up some of that outside sound as much as a condenser microphone. But if you have a really well treated room, it's not very noisy. You don't have much ambient sound. Then I recommend having a look at condenser microphones.

Class Materials

Bonus Materials

40._Audio_Examples_for_Noise_Reduction.zip
34._Audio_Examples_for_Premiere_Pro_Audio_Mixing.zip
30._Downloadable_Audio_Examples.zip

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