Shure has been around for 100 years and today it unveils the new KSM series of condenser microphones at NAMM, the trade show ...

Fig. 1: Diagrams from Wente’s 1916 patent application show the condenser microphone in cutaway view. Diaphragm (#6), which is grounded, is stretched only 5/10000th of an inch from the backplate (#7), ...

NAMM 2026: A trio of new offerings in the KSM series claim to sport some ‘impossibly low’ self-noise ...

Vocalists and acoustic performers need no longer hide their painful envy of guitarists able to plug an electric instrument into an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. IK Multimedia has announced the ...

When designing a microphone assembly the other day, I reached for an electret condenser microphone capsule without thinking. To be strictly accurate I ordered a pack of them, these small cylindrical ...

Tech The best music tech gear of NAMM 2026: Epic polys, acoustic synths, budget samplers, a Behringer Juno and more Tech NAMM 2026: rolling news from the world's biggest music-making gear show Studio ...

Graphene's ever-growing list of remarkable properties has seen many wide-reaching potential applications for the wonder material proposed, but actual demonstrations of real-world uses are still thin ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Last year it was wireless earphones that were the hot new ...

As countless people are discovering their love for streaming, recording podcasts and doing voice-overs, there has been a rise in the different microphones available in the market. But not everyone ...

Way back at CES, Blue Microphones revealed the Spark Digital, a USB and iPad-compatible studio condenser microphone. Now, almost a year later, it is finally available, making it the world's first ...