Parabolic microphones are used to listen in from a distance. You see them on the sidelines of NFL football games, but they’re part of the standard issue in detective and spy novels. Now you can build ...

Capturing clear audio in challenging environments has always been a struggle. Standard microphones (even high-end ones) aren't ideal in noisy settings. The closer a mic is placed to the source, the ...

It's a camera-specific flavor of Dodotronic's Hi-Sound DR stereo parabolic model, and retains the transparent polycarbonate reflectors that focus sound waves to microphone capsules in a similar way to ...

A light rigid structure (of aluminum or other material) which reflects sound to a focus at which a microphone is placed. This focussing effect is very strong with wavelengths less than the aperture of ...

Shotgun microphones are designed to be extremely directional in order to block out sound coming from the sides; however, they do not perform as well as parabolic microphones in terms of amplification ...

Sam is a guide writer for GameRant, as well as an independent game designer. Sam loves horror games most of all when it comes to making and playing. She however plays games from all genres and loves ...

Parabolic reflectors are found everywhere. They're on dish antennas for television reception, in radar systems, in long distance microphones, and heaven only knows where else. They have the property ...