Communication Tec - Topic Three: Different audio devices to capture a sound

Topic Three: Different audio devices to capture a sound

Goals:

Different Audio devices to capture a sound
Different Types of Microphones

Activities:

Different Audio devices in your day-to-day life
Explaining different microphones

Audio devices are part of our everyday life:

Computers have microphones (Built-in or external)
Mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, etc. with built-in or external)
Built-in audio recording devices
Microphones
FM systems

The advancement of the devices has allowed for huge improvements to society...

Online meetings
Recording Videos
Having Phone Conversations
Music
Hearing impaired

Activity Four

Identify and explain how you use audio devices in your day to day life (you should identify a minimum of 3 devices). Do you think the advancment of audio devices has benefited your life.

Different Types of Microphones:

There are many different kinds of microphones that serve different purposes.

The types of microphones we will discuss and research are:

• Condenser microphone

• Dynamic microphone

• Electret microphone

• MEMS microphone.

Activity Five

Using the four microphones listed above you will research the following:

What the purpose of the microphone is
A photo of the microphone
Scenarios in which the microphone would be used
The average cost of this microphone type