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), ...
Modern day recording and broadcast is a mixed bag for today's audio engineers when it comes to input signal chains. Microphone electronic technology really hasn't changed that much over the last 50 ...