Condenser microphone
Micrófono de condensador
- Date
- 1916 · confidence high
- Place
- Murray Hill / New York, United States (Bell Labs, Western Electric)
- Credited to
- Edward C. Wente (Western Electric)
- People
- 👤 Edward Christopher Wente1889–1972
- Field
- Communication
What it is
Microphone whose diaphragm forms one plate of a capacitor, with faithful response and low noise. It made electrical recording and quality broadcasting possible.
What it led to
- Electrical recording of discs (1925) and sound fidelity
- Radio and sound-film studios
- Studio microphones (Neumann, 1928)
Built on
Made possible
- Sound film1926–1927
- Electrical recording
- Neumann studio microphone