Shure has been around for 100 years and today it unveils the new KSM series of condenser microphones at NAMM, the trade show ...

AKG's trio of condenser microphones offer a lot of bang for your buck. Aimed at anyone setting up a home studio or recording ...

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NAMM 2026: A trio of new offerings in the KSM series claim to sport some ‘impossibly low’ self-noise ...

Back in 2014, Australian audio brand Røde released an all-in-one USB condenser microphone that's still a popular choice for podcasters and streaming content creators today. Now the company has ...

Mic modeling has come a long way in just a few years, and modern software plugins, to these ears, get quite close to the real deal. Universal Audio has been at the forefront of this technology for a ...

We take a look at Maono's new large-diaphragm budget condenser microphone. Presently, there are no shortage of options for condenser microphones for low budgets, but virtually all of them are USB ...

Fig. 1: Diagrams from Wente’s 1916 patent application show the condenser microphone in cutaway view. Diaphragm (#6), which is grounded, is stretched only 5/10000th of an inch from the backplate (#7), ...

When designing a microphone assembly the other day, I reached for an electret condenser microphone capsule without thinking. To be strictly accurate I ordered a pack of them, these small cylindrical ...

I recently had the opportunity to build a lavalliere microphone. The goal is to have a lavalliere microphone drive a small audio amplifier with an appropriate signal level. Technically, the lavalliere ...

If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use. The Ember is a condenser microphone, which is popular among ...