Patent ID: 8265304

Claim:
A personal microphone that receives a phantom direct current (DC) voltage and provides a processed output signal having a dynamic range, the personal microphone comprising; a microphone output connector for receiving the phantom DC voltage and providing the processed output signal, the microphone output connector having pins suitably arranged for coupling to a 3-pin female XLR connector; a structure having a form factor for live performance; a capsule for receiving acoustic energy and generating an input signal; and a programmable signal processor for converting the input signal into the processed output signal, the programmable signal processor being located in the structure, the programmable signal processor including; signal input terminals coupled to the capsule for receiving the input signal from the capsule; input/output terminals coupled to the microphone output connector for receiving the phantom DC voltage from the microphone output connector, the input/output terminals providing the processed output signal to the microphone output connector; a dynamic range compressor for compressing the dynamic range of the processed output signal; a nonvolatile memory device for storing operating parameters of the programmable signal processor; and a programming device for setting the operating parameters of the programmable signal processor, the programming device being coupled to the nonvolatile memory device for retrieving information about the operating parameters of the programmable signal processor from the nonvolatile memory device to set the operating parameters for the programmable signal processor.