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 === Unidirectional Microphone ===
-[[Image:uni_con.gif|left]] These are sensitive to sound coming from only one direction – let’s say from vocalist singing directly on axis, into the microphone or a guitar amplifier.
+Unidirectional microphones are sensitive to sound coming from only one direction. Examples:
+* a vocalist singing directly on axis directly into the microphone
+* a guitar amplifier with the microphone aimed directly at the speaker cone
 ==== Cardioid ====
-The most common type of unidirectional microphone is called a “cardioid” because its pickup pattern is heart-shaped. It picks up most sound from the front of the microphone and some from the sides.
+[[Image:uni_con.gif|left]] The most common type of unidirectional microphone is called a “cardioid” because its pickup pattern is heart-shaped. It picks up most sound from the front of the microphone and some from the sides.
 Although you will get better gain-before-feedback from a cardioid microphone than an omnidirectional microphone, you will get better gain-before-feedback from a supercardioid or hypercardioid microphone (see next section).