Ryan Vaz

How do we hear? In this blog, I will talk about and explore how our hearing system works.  The human ear is an extremely delicate and complicated natural device, so much that it is truly fascinating to know of how it works and almost impossible to believe so much actually happens in such a small place. The anatomy of the human ear exists in three major parts extensively known as - the outer, middle, and inner ear. The part that we can see, along with the ear canal, is known as the outer ear. The eardrum can be found towards the end of the ear canal which separates the outer from   what is known as the middle ear. It is small cavity that consists of three tiny bones known as the ‘auditory ossicles’. The auditory ossicles is made up of the malleus (aka hammer), incus (aka anvil), and stapes (aka stirrup). Then we have the inner ear which in reality is two different components: the cochlea, which handles the hearing aspect, and the vestibular system, which helps controls...

Buying a Microphone What to look for when purchasing a microphone? There are 5 common properties that affect the sound produced by a microphone: 1. Microphone Type:  There are three types of microphones: dynamic, condenser, and ribbon.  Church vocal microphones are usually dynamic microphones and condensers like the classic Shure SM 58  ("SM58® - Dynamic Vocal Microphone", 2019) .  Each type works differently and the nuances of the sounds they detect improve from dynamic to condenser to ribbon mics. 2. Polar Pattern:  Microphones capture sound differently based on the source of the sound in relation to the head of the microphone.  The area in which it captures sound is known as the polar pattern. These polar patterns show the regions around the microphone where the microphone will detect sound.  The reason for these different types of patterns is to provide microphones that work best in specific environments or to get a specific sound. 3....

Wanna Know The Different types of Microphones? We've all seen them being used atleast once in our lives, be it being used at a concert to make Justin Beiber sound 10 times louder (and manlier), or being lowered down from the ceiling of a wrestling ring for the announcements, but all these MICROPHONES essentially do the same thing but in a different way which brings up the question of the different types of Microphones.                                                                                First off lets us look at the principle a microphone uses to work. A Microphones is technically a transducer which is a device that converts a type of energy into a different type, which in the case of a microphone, converts physical energy into electrical energy. Different types...