Assertion: microphone | /r/CapableOf | pick up sound
Facets:
value: from every direction
type: MANNER
value: from all directions
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: simply
type: MANNER
value: from the front
type: MANNER
value: from sources
type: OTHER
value: simultaneously
type: MANNER
value: equally
type: MANNER
value: to right
type: MANNER
value: to the left
type: LOCATION
value: to rear of the mic
type: LOCATION
value: within an area
type: LOCATION
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
value: from the back
type: MANNER
value: equally well
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: A cardioid polar pattern means the microphone primarily picks up sound within an area that is roughly heart-shaped when shown on a two-dimensional graph.
text: Having one microphone pick up sounds only from a certain direction and the other pick up sounds from all directions would make for disastrous, imbalanced sound recording.
text: The microphone can pick up some sound to the left, right, and rear of the mic, but it is specifically designed to pick up the most sound from the front of the microphone.
text: Most microphones are omnidirectional, which means they pick up sound equally well from any direction.
text: By proper design, a microphone may be given directional characteristics so that it will pick up sound primarily from a single direction (unidirectional), from two directions (bidirectional), or more…
text: Many people have the misconception that microphones only pick up sound from sources they are pointed at, much as a camera only photographs what is in front of the lens.
text: Some microphones pick up sound equally from all directions, others pick up sound only from one direction or a particular combination of directions.
text: Bi-directional: these microphones pick up sound from the front and the back, but not so much the sides.
text: While some microphones simply pick up sound from every direction simultaneously, most microphones are limited to a specific direction, which you can use to your advantage when recording.
text: Omnidirectional: These microphones pick up sound from every direction.
text: Put simply, more polarity patterns means more recording options, as each pattern allows the microphone to pick up sound from different directions.
text: Microphones described as cardioid and hypercardioid pick up sounds in a kind of "heart-shaped
text: Otherwise, you can have a microphone array where one microphone has much higher gain than the other, or the microphones could be out of phase so that one microphone records before the other, or the problem where one microphone picks up sounds from all directions while the other picks up sounds from only a certain direction.
text: Other microphones are made so that they can pick up sounds from all directions, omnidirectional microphones.
text: Some cheaper microphones are what we call omni-directional, which means they will pick up sounds from all directions, including from your speakers.