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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 a guitar amplifier.

[[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.

==== 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.

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).

Examples of common cardioid microphones (good to great microphones but not necessarily the best for gain-before-feedback with Bose L1 systems)

* Sennheiser e 835, e 935, MD 935

* Shure SM 58, SM 57, Beta 87C

==== Supercardioid / Hypercardioid ====

[[Image:superhypercardioid_icons.gif|left]] Supercardioid or hypercardioid microphones offer even greater sound isolation through narrower pickup patterns.

Examples of common supercardioid/hypercardioid microphones

* Audix OM 5, OM 3b, OM 6, OM 7, VX 5

* Neumann KMS 105

* Sennheiser e 845, e 865, e 945, e 965, MD 945

* Shure Beta 58A, Beta 87A

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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 a guitar amplifier.
+[[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.
 ==== 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.
+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).
+Examples of common cardioid microphones (good to great microphones but not necessarily the best for gain-before-feedback with Bose L1 systems)
+* Sennheiser e 835, e 935, MD 935
+* Shure SM 58, SM 57, Beta 87C
 ==== Supercardioid / Hypercardioid ====
 [[Image:superhypercardioid_icons.gif|left]] Supercardioid or hypercardioid microphones offer even greater sound isolation through narrower pickup patterns.
+Examples of common supercardioid/hypercardioid microphones
+* Audix OM 5, OM 3b, OM 6, OM 7, VX 5
+* Neumann KMS 105
+* Sennheiser e 845, e 865, e 945, e 965, MD 945
+* Shure Beta 58A, Beta 87A
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