Sure Sm58

The Sure SM58 is a is a dynamic microphone that uses for almost all live concert recording this is because it has a tight cardioid pickup Patten that is great for live stage as it allows there to be lots of instruments such as a drum kits to be on the stage without it being picked up by the singer’s microphone. The uses of the SM 58 dates back to 1966 which means it has been used on a stage for 55 years

The SM 58 uses vibrations to move the coil inside a magnetic field which makes an electrical charge that travel out of the XLR port and into the interface and because this microphone makes a current it doesn’t require phantom power (+48V) this can be seen in the diagram below

The SM 58 has a cardioid pickup Patten that is useful to make sure that the only place that the sound is picked up is at the front with the sides having a weaker pickup and the back not picking any sound up. This is shown on the polar patterns below and can be worked out by measuring the distance between the sound source and the microphone

The Sure SM58 response curve is based around the more higher and tinier frequency’s but dose also dose pick up the mids and lows well just not as much as the highs

What The SM58 Sounds Like

Audio Technica 2020

The Audio Technica 2020 is a reassembly cheap condenser that is used but lots of singers/youtubers as there starting out. An example of this is Billie Eilish song ocean eyes where she sang the song in her bedroom and used logic samples for the backing track. The Audio Technica been popular and well known since 1962

The Audio Technica 2020 is a condenser microphone which allows for higher frequency’s due to its design. The condenser style mic allows for a much wider pickup range due to its inside working. The condenser mic works by sound waves hitting the diaphragm witch in most cases is made of aluminium and this vibrates back and forward which makes it closer and further from the back plate was the diaphragm gets further from the backplate I makes the electrons root to the backplate quicker if it was to use the cable raver than trying to be transferred though the air. The resistor is used to make the route longer by default, so you don’t just get a consent signal of elections. This Can be seen in the diagram below. The condenser mic style need the extra power because the elections need to be charged in order to work so it will require phantom power(+48V) and if you don’t provide the power you will not get any signal.

The AT2020 has a cardioid pickup Patten that is useful to make sure that the only place that the sound is picked up is at the front with the sides having a weaker pickup and the back not picking any sound up. This is shown on the polar patterns below and can be worked out by measuring the distance between the sound source and the microphone but unlike the SM 58 a cardioid mic has a much wider pick up range than a dynamic mic.

The Audio Tecnica AT 2020 has a pretty flat pickup rage with there being a noticeable drop off at 10khz making the high end less audible but there is also a verry slight movement in the low end around 70 to 80hz but this would be a lot less noticeable unless you’re looking for it and you can see the pickup paten on the graph below

What The Audio Technica 2020 Sounds Like

AKG C414B XLS

The AKG C414 XLS was made nearing the end of WWII and was one of the first mic’s to have switchable different polar pattens witch made it good for all round recording and there only competitors in the swinging polar patterns space was Sennheiser but with there being so many different polar pattens audio technicians say that the mic is always too bright or too dark there is no in between in any of AKG range

The AKG C414 XLS is a condenser microphone with switchable polar pattens which allow for different pickup pattens. The condenser style mic allows for a much wider pickup range this is because of how its insides work. The condenser style mic works by sound waves hitting the diaphragm witch in most cases is made of aluminium and this vibrates back and forward which makes it closer and further from the back plate, when the diaphragm gets further from the backplate I makes the electrons root to the backplate quicker by going through cable raver than trying but failing to be transferred though the air. The resistor is used to make the route longer by default, so you don’t just get a consent signal of elections. This Can be seen in the diagram below. The condenser mic style needs the extra power because the elections need to be charged in order to work so it will require phantom power(+48V) and if you don’t provide the power, you will not get any signal.

The AKG C414 XLS has a switchable polar patten which allows this mic to have lots of different pickup pattens. But the first type of patten is known as the Cardioid patten and this is the one in red on the diagram and this patten works best at a 0 degree angle and the as you start to an angle 45 degrees you start to lose a lot of the picked up sound this is because if you measure from the mic to the redline the Furthest point is always the loudest and best picked up point. The blue line on the graph below is known as the Hyper Cardioid and this pickup patten between omni dictional and Cardioid as this patten allow for a tight pickup on the front but still being able to grab sound from the back but the sound is still best picked up at the front with the sides and back giving a weaker sound usury using sound for the bass frequencies.

Most of the Frequencies response Curves of the AKG C414 XLS are Similar throughout all the different pick up patterns with the only difference being on the omnidirectional and wide Cardioid Patterns the low end frequencies (20 to 60hz) Dip down the slightest bit Giving the slightest bit less space on these patterns. But overall on all the patterns there is a very flat pick up pattern throughout the 100hz to 1khz range With a dip in the mids at 1khz to 2khz and A spike in the highs from 10khz to 20khz Which makes this Mic A bit stronger that's picking up the high more tinny sounds

What The AKG C414 XLS Sounds Like

SE R1 Ribbon & Cloud Lifter

The SE R1 use to be used for by the BBC for their radio to give them a warm sound when they read the news and weather live

The SE R1 is a Cardioid Ribbon microphone, and a Ribbon microphone is made by having and aluminium ribbon between two magnets so when the ribbon moves in the magnetic field it generates a current which thing can be sent down the electrical wires and because it's making its own current it doesn't require any extra power, so no phantom power (+48V) is required. And because the ribbon he's made so fin Giving it extra power but cause it to catch fire, so you need to make sure that phantom power is definitely turned off before plugging in. This can be seen in the diagram blow

The SE R1 Uses an Omni directional pick up pattern with one side being one sound and the other being another sound Allowing the mic to sound different from which angle you are at By being Omni directional it allows the sound we picked up on both sides of the mic making for a figure of eight Style pattern The best pick up angles would be at 0 degrees and 180 degrees as these are the furthest point from the mic that were in pickup range At 170 degrees and 90 degrees the sound gets completely gets cut off. This can be seen in the diagram below

The frequency response pattern from the se R1 Start to drops off at the high end around 10KHz to 20khz But rises between 8KHz to 10KHz And also around 20hz to 90hz And has a very flat frequency around 100 Hertz 2 5 kilohertz Overall the SE R1 gives a warm sound With not much tinniness and a slight little bit of raised base This can be seen in the frequency response chart below