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They are also used in computers and other electronic devices, such as mobile phones, for recording sounds, speech recognition, VoIP, and other purposes, such as ultrasonic sensors or knock sensors. Several types of microphone are used today, which employ different methods to convert the air pressure variations of a sound wave to
RCA Type 44-BX ribbon microphone from 1940 used by CBS. Dr. Harry F. Olson began working for RCA Laboratories, where he developed ribbon microphones, first with field coils and then with permanent magnets, resulting in the first ribbon microphones with bi-directional pickup pattern, the RCA Photophone PB-17 and PB-31, introduced in 1931.
Heil Sound Communications, Inc is an American manufacturer of professional audio equipment based in Fairview Heights, Illinois.The company was founded by Bob Heil in 1966, and is well known for inventions in live sound, the Heil Talk Box and a variety of high-quality microphones and headsets for use in commercial and amateur radio.
The broadcast and film industries used the American D-22 and D-33 Microphones extensively, in part because of their modern sleek looks and tapered design. [1] In 1955, the Elgin Watch Company bought American Microphone. Elgin wanted to develop miniature components for microphones, but eventually abandoned the plan.
This includes microphones, radio receivers, AV receivers, CD players, tape recorders, amplifiers, mixing consoles, effects units, headphones, and speakers. [1] Audio equipment is widely used in many different scenarios, such as concerts, bars, meeting rooms and the home where there is a need to reproduce, record and enhance sound volume.
Blue Microphones’ first creation was the Baby Bottle, a professional XLR microphone used widely by musicians for recording. In the early 2000s, Blue's perspective pivoted to manufacture microphones for collaborating with other aspiring creatives online, synonymous with the needs of the developing consumer world of technology in the 1990s.
Shure Inc. is an audio products corporation headquartered in the USA. It was founded by Sidney N. Shure in Chicago, Illinois, in 1925 as a supplier of radio parts kits. The company became a consumer and professional audio-electronics manufacturer of microphones, wireless microphone systems, phonograph cartridges, discussion systems, mixers, and digital signal processing.
Micro Center is an American computer retail store, headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio. It was founded in 1979, and as of 2024, [update] has 28 stores in 19 states. The chain is a highly electronic and mechanical center for building personal computers and gaming computers .