Ribbon Microphone (Q30529)

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Walter H. Schottky and Erwin Gerlach co-invented the ribbon microphone.

Walter H. Schottky and Erwin Gerlach co-invented the ribbon microphone.
  • velocity mike
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Ribbon Microphone
Walter H. Schottky and Erwin Gerlach co-invented the ribbon microphone.
  • velocity mike

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Ribbon Microphone
1920s (English)
Walter H. Schottky and Erwin Gerlach co-invented the ribbon microphone. In this type of microphone, sound waves vibrate a thin sheet of electrically conductive material placed between the poles of a magnet, which then produces an electrical signal by electromagnetic induction.
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ribbon (English)
A velocity microphone with a bidirectional pickup pattern. Used agreat deal as cast (actor's) mikes. (English)
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