microphone

     

A microphone, sometimes referre to as a mike or mic (both pronounced /ˈmaɪk/), is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal.

Trivia about microphone

  • When making a movie, it's a sound idea to have one of these dangling from the end of your boom
  • Without this broadcasting device, we wouldn't be able to hear your response
  • Bell invented it in 1876; David Hughes gave it this name in 1878, & don't lean into it when you reply
  • From the Greek for "small sound", it's a device used to intensify the voice
  • The Model 44 one of these seen here is a classic ribbon one

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