GearCast Video - Earthworks SR20 Condenser Mic – Hernan Romero Performance

Earthworks' Sound ReinforcementDefinition:
Originally meant to electrically augment acoustic performances, but now means any public address system. See PA. Series SR20 is a cardioidDefinition:
A microphone's heart-shaped directional pickup pattern. condenser microphoneDefinition:
A microphone with a charged diaphragm over a stationary plate, with an internal amplifier that requires power (battery or phantom power). with clean, natural on-axisDefinition:
The direction where a microphone, speaker, or antenna is most sensitive, or radiates the most power. pick up and smooth uncolored off-axisDefinition:
The characteristic of signals coming to, or emanating from, a less-sensitive point of a microphone, speaker, or antenna, or a point that doesn't radiate the most power. For example, sound addressing a microphone outside the angle of maximum pickup is considered off-axis or off-mic. See Axis. rejection, making it a superb choice for a wide range of applications, including reinforcement and recording of vocals, guitar, drums, piano, horns, strings and woodwinds. Its open, easy-to-use 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. is musician friendly.