GearCast Video - Choosing The Right Mic Pickup Pattern

The microphone that’s best for you may be highly dependent on its pickupDefinition:
1. Transducer attached to a musical instrument that converts mechanical vibrations into an electrical signal for recording or amplification.  2. The part of a phonograph that translates mechanical motion from grooves into electrical signals for subsequent amplification. pattern. Audio pro Craig Anderton quickly walks you through the three basic pickup patterns - cardioidDefinition:
A microphone's heart-shaped directional pickup pattern., omnidirectionalDefinition:
A pattern describing a microphone, radio antenna, or loudspeaker that radiates or picks up in all directions equally. and ribbon - and outlines some key applications for each.