What is the Difference Between Condenser and Dynamic Microphones?
It can be confusing. There isn’t just one kind of microphone. To add to the confusion, they have scary-sounding names like “large-diaphragm condenser,” and are often differentiated from each other by more strange and intimidating terms like “transformerless” or “field-effect transistor.” To heck with that! I just want to know what mike to use and how it will sound. Welcome to the world of jargon. Computer geeks have their jargon and so do audio geeks. At the end of the day I think we’re stuck with some of these terms. But I’ll try to clue you in to the things you should know, and the general rules-of-thumb for use. That should give you a starting point at least, without having to earn a degree in electrical engineering (although if you have one of those, it can be VERY handy in understanding microphones). There are two main styles of mic, the condenser, and the dynamic. Don’t worry about WHY they are called these things for now. Just remember that they are. All mics need to convert sou
