Why is my microphone noisy? Understanding self-noise

▶︎Chapters◀︎
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - An analogy
00:53 - Self-noise or equivalent noise level
01:11 - Acoustic vs electric self-noise
01:36 - A-Weighting and CCIR-Weighting (Q-Peak)
02:01 - How to measure self-noise
02:25 - The better the mic, the harder the self-noise measurement
03:02 - Nerd fact: The lowest possible self-noise
03:26 - Why low self-noise matters
04:09 - Self-noise comparison and samples
05:18 - Outro

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Mics in the video:
MTP 440 DM (dynamic instrument): https://lewitt.link/yt-mtp-440-dm
LCT 540 S (large-diaphragm condenser): https://lewitt.link/yt-lct-540-s

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