Week 2: Recording, Podcasting, Vlogging using 🎤

Today, we learned about microphones! My latest microphone purchase is a $20 karaoke microphone from K-Mart. It's a great microphone for road trips because it has a speaker built into it that also does echo and reverb. When I say microphone, I always think of microphones that singers hold in their hands, but today, I was introduced to different types of microphones. Did you know that there are two main types of microphones: dynamic microphones, which are commonly used in schools and are cheap, and condenser microphones, which are more expensive but can also sensitively pick up detailed sounds.

If you want to find out more, check this out! ^ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y01N_L1VA4I)

A good use for a dynamic microphone that I can think of is music class in year 7-9. My year 7-9 lo----ve to bang away on their instruments, which can sometimes be rough on the microphones and to me. A dynamic microphone is the perfect microphone for them because it's relatively inexpensive and picks up loud sounds well. I think a condenser microphone would be great for recording my year 12 students for their HSC exams. Now that I know how to use all these different microphones, I'll be able to use them more appropriately when I'm recording!

So, I tried recording my voice using a condenser microphone on a track I had already created! It was a really fun experience because it picked up every little sound, even to the point I had to control my breathing. Since I really enjoyed doing this, I am going to do some more recording in my studio :)