Microphone array technology can be used to locate and analyse sound sources on stationary and moving objects. This is an important prerequisite for making modern aircraft engines quieter. Acoustic ...

You can only afford one good mic but you need one for live performances and one for the studio. How about one mic for ...

Microphones for measurement purposes can be had for a very large outlay, but here’s [Peter Riccardi] with a unit designed around an array of MEMS capsules that delivers comparable performance ...

His reasoning is that while its response is not flat the sound of the SM57 is what most people are used to hearing from a microphone, so it makes sense to measure the others against its performance.

Decibels are also used to measure the power of electrical signals ... system that doesn't require the use of a separate sound ...