The chances are that many of you will have made an FM “bug” style transmitter, a simple one-transistor oscillator usually driven by a small electret microphone. It’s also ...

In YouTuber Madilyn Bailey’s acoustic cover of Adele’s “Love in the Dark,” the powerhouse singer wields perfect mic placement—she stays close enough for detail but far enough to avoid ...

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Electret condenser microphones (ECMs) operate on the principle that the diaphragm and backplate interact with each other when sound enters the microphone. Either the diaphragm or backplate is ...